Isaiah 42:7
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7 (A)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
(B)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Isaiah 61:1
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
Isaiah 49:9
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9 (A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
Isaiah 35:5
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5 (A)Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;
2 Timothy 2:26
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26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (A)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
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Hebrews 2:14-15
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14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (A)partook of the same things, that (B)through death he might (C)destroy (D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who (E)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
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Matthew 11:5
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5 (A)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and (B)the poor have good news preached to them.
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- Matthew 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Ephesians 1:17-18
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17 that (A)the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, (B)may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 (C)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (D)the hope to which he has called you, what are (E)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
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John 9:39
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39 Jesus said, (A)“For judgment I came into this world, (B)that those who do not see may see, and (C)those who see may become blind.”
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Luke 24:45
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45 Then (A)he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
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Luke 4:18-21
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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
(F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 (G)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and (H)sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were (I)fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today (J)this Scripture (K)has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
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Revelation 3:18
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18 I counsel you (A)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (B)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (C)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (D)so that you may see.
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Isaiah 29:18
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18 In that day (A)the deaf shall hear
(B)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
(C)the eyes of the blind shall see.
Isaiah 9:2
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2 [a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For God, who said, (A)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (B)has shone in our hearts to give (C)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Isaiah 42:22
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22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
(A)and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
Isaiah 42:16
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16 (A)And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
(B)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
Psalm 107:10-16
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10 (A)Some sat in darkness and in (B)the shadow of death,
prisoners in (C)affliction and in irons,
11 for they (D)had rebelled against the words of God,
and (E)spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, (F)with none to help.
13 (G)Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of (H)darkness and the shadow of death,
and (I)burst their bonds apart.
15 (J)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he (K)shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.
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