You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (A)anointed You
With the oil of (B)gladness more than Your companions.

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You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, (A)has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

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He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

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For You have made him most blessed forever;
(A)You have made him [a]exceedingly glad with Your presence.

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  1. Psalm 21:6 Lit. joyful with gladness

18 And (A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Reconciled in Christ

19 For it pleased the Father that (C)in Him all the fullness should dwell,

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The Good News of Salvation

61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
(E)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And (F)the day of vengeance of our God;
(G)To comfort all who mourn,
To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
(H)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(I)The planting of the Lord, (J)that He may be glorified.”

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
  2. Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint

Redemption in Christ

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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29 For whom (A)He foreknew, (B)He also predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of His Son, (D)that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’

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34 (A)For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit (B)by measure.

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18 “The(A) Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me [a]to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To (B)set at liberty those who are [b]oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is (C)fulfilled in your hearing.”

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  1. Luke 4:18 NU omits to heal the brokenhearted
  2. Luke 4:18 downtrodden

(A)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (B)from the city of the Lord.

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I will set nothing [a]wicked before my eyes;
(A)I hate the work of those (B)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (C)know wickedness.

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  1. Psalm 101:3 worthless

26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, (A)who is holy, [a]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, (B)and has become higher than the heavens;

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  1. Hebrews 7:26 innocent

14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He (A)Himself likewise shared in the same, (B)that through death He might destroy him who had the power of (C)death, that is, the devil,

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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet (A)ascended to My Father; but go to (B)My brethren and say to them, (C)‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to (D)My God and your God.’ ”

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22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am (A)well pleased.”

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23 And (A)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (B)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

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15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

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The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

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26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are (A)my Father,
My God, and (B)the rock of my salvation.’

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20 (A)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,

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For the Lord is righteous,
He (A)loves righteousness;
[a]His countenance beholds the upright.

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  1. Psalm 11:7 Or The upright beholds His countenance

The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the (A)rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His (B)Anointed,[a] saying,

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  1. Psalm 2:2 Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah

16 Also you shall anoint (A)Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And (B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

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