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11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.(A)

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11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(A) with you,
    I will free your prisoners(B) from the waterless pit.(C)

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14 The oppressed shall speedily be released;
    they shall not die and go down to the Pit,
    nor shall they lack bread.(A)

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14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(A)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.(B)

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Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people, and said, “Here is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”(A)

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Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people(A) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant(B) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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19 that he looked down from his holy height,
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,(A)
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free those who were doomed to die,(B)
21 so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion
    and his praise in Jerusalem,(C)

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19 “The Lord looked down(A) from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(B)
    and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(C) in Zion
    and his praise(D) in Jerusalem

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25 In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant(A) in my blood;(B) do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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    to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    from the prison those who sit in darkness.(A)

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to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

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28 for this is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.(A)

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  1. 26.28 Other ancient authorities add new

28 This is my blood of the[a] covenant,(A) which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.(B)

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  1. Matthew 26:28 Some manuscripts the new

29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?(A)

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29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(A) underfoot,(B) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(C) that sanctified them,(D) and who has insulted the Spirit(E) of grace?(F)

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24 He said to them, “This is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many.(A)

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  1. 14.24 Other ancient authorities add new

24 “This is my blood of the[a] covenant,(A) which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

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  1. Mark 14:24 Some manuscripts the new

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)

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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]

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”
    to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”
They shall feed along the ways;
    on all the bare heights[a] shall be their pasture;(A)

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  1. 49.9 Or the trails

to say to the captives,(A) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(C)

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10 Some sat in darkness and in gloom,
    prisoners in misery and in irons,(A)
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
    and spurned the counsel of the Most High.(B)
12 Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor;
    they fell down, with no one to help.(C)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress;(D)
14 he brought them out of darkness and gloom,
    and broke their bonds apart.(E)
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.(F)
16 For he shatters the doors of bronze
    and cuts in two the bars of iron.(G)

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10 Some sat in darkness,(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering(B) in iron chains,(C)
11 because they rebelled(D) against God’s commands
    and despised(E) the plans(F) of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(G)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them(H) from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,(I) the utter darkness,(J)
    and broke away their chains.(K)
15 Let them give thanks(L) to the Lord for his unfailing love(M)
    and his wonderful deeds(N) for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

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33 For the Lord hears the needy
    and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)

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33 The Lord hears the needy(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

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