Isaiah 53:5-6

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⁵^(A)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    ^(B)and with his wounds we are healed.
⁶^(C)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
^(D)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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Isaiah 56:7-8

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⁷^(A)these I will bring to ^(B)my holy mountain,
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
^(C)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for ^(D)my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.”
⁸The Lord God,
    ^(E)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
^(F)“I will gather yet others to him
    besides those already gathered.”

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Psalm 117

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The Lord's Faithfulness Endures Forever

117 ^(A)Praise the Lord, all nations!
Extol him, all peoples!
²For ^(B)great is his steadfast love toward us,
and ^(C)the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
^(D)Praise the Lord!

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Matthew 28:16-20

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The Great Commission

¹⁶Now the eleven disciples ^(A)went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷And when they saw him they ^(B)worshiped him, but some doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and said to them, ^(C)“All authority ^(D)in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹^(E)Go therefore and ^(F)make disciples of ^(G)all nations, ^(H)baptizing them ^(I)in^[a] ^(J)the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them ^(K)to observe all that ^(L)I have commanded you. And behold, ^(M)I am with you always, to ^(N)the end of the age.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 28:19 Or into

Luke 2:29-32

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²⁹“Lord, now you are letting your servant^[a] depart ^(A)in peace,
    ^(B)according to your word;
³⁰for ^(C)my eyes have seen your ^(D)salvation
³¹    ^(E)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
³²^(F)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and ^(G)for glory to ^(H)your people Israel.”