18 As you sent me into the world,(A) I have sent them into the world.(B)

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21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!(A) As the Father has sent me,(B) I am sending you.”(C)

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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C)

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Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B)

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38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

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These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.(A)

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I became a servant of this gospel(A) by the gift of God’s grace given me(B) through the working of his power.(C)

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23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(A) and have loved them(B) even as you have loved me.

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21 that all of them may be one,(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(C)

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For I gave them the words you gave me(A) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(B) and they believed that you sent me.(C)

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(I)
    and the day of vengeance(J) of our God,
to comfort(K) all who mourn,(L)
    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(N)
the oil(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(A) others you will flog in your synagogues(B) and pursue from town to town.(C)

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25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,(A) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.(B)

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