Matthew 4:16

English Standard Version

¹⁶^(A)the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and ^(B)shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”

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Matthew 4:16 in all English translations

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.”

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Footnotes

Luke 2:29 Or bondservant

John 1:1-5

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The Word Became Flesh

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and ^(C)the Word was with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³^(E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴^(F)In him was life,^[a] and ^(G)the life was the light of men. ⁵^(H)The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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Footnotes

John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him

Isaiah 49:5-6

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⁵^(A)And now the Lord says,
    he ^(B)who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
    and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for ^(C)I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—
⁶he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^(D)I will make you ^(E)as a light for the nations,
    that ^(F)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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Colossians 1:13-17

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¹³He ^(A)has delivered us from ^(B)the domain of darkness and transferred us to ^(C)the kingdom of ^(D)his beloved Son, ¹⁴^(E)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

¹⁵^(F)He is the image of ^(G)the invisible God, ^(H)the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶For by^[a] him all things were created, ^(I)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(J)thrones or ^(K)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^(L)through him and for him. ¹⁷And ^(M)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(N)hold together.