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    you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;(A)

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You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;[a]
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”(A)

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  1. 1.9 Other ancient authorities read wickedness

You bestow on him blessings forever;
    you make him glad with the joy of your presence.

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He loves righteousness and justice;
    the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.(A)

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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)
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,(B)
to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
    to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
    the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(C)

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18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.(A) 19 For in him all the fullness of God[a] was pleased to dwell,

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  1. 1.19 Gk lacks of God

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

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

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  1. 1.3 Gk heavenlies

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)

20 And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.(C) 21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

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28 You have made known to me the ways of life;
    you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

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Morning by morning I will destroy
    all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
    from the city of the Lord.(A)

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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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16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.[a](A)

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  1. 1.16 Or grace in place of grace

29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.[a](A)

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  1. 8.29 Gk among many brothers