Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
Luke 4:18-19
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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free those who are oppressed,(A)
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”(B)
Luke 7:22
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22 And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight; the lame walk; those with a skin disease are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; the poor have good news brought to them.(A)
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Isaiah 42:7
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7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.(A)
Matthew 11:5
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5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.(A)
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Psalm 147:3
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3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.(A)
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
Zechariah 9:11-12
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11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.(A)
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.(B)
Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
Acts 10:38
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38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.(A)
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Isaiah 49:9
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9 saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”
to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”
They shall feed along the ways;
on all the bare heights[a] shall be their pasture;(A)
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- 49.9 Or the trails
Isaiah 11:2-5
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2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.(A)
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(B)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(C)
5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(D)
Psalm 34:18
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18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.(A)
Isaiah 48:16
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16 Draw near to me; hear this!
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time it came to be I have been there.
And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.(A)
John 3:34
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34 He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.(A)
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Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(A)
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Matthew 3:16
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16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending like a dove and alighting on him.(A)
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Hosea 6:1
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
John 8:32-36
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32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”(A) 33 They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free’?”(B)
34 Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.(C) 35 The slave does not have a permanent place in the household; the son has a place there forever.(D) 36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
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Matthew 5:3-5
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3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.(B)
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
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Psalm 45:7
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7 you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;(A)
Psalm 22:26
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26 The poor[a] shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!(A)
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- 22.26 Or afflicted
2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 correcting opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth(A) 26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.[a]
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- 2.26 Or by him, to do his (that is, God’s) will
Psalm 102:20
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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die,(A)
John 1:32-33
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32 And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.(A) 33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’(B)
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