Zechariah 9:11
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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)
Isaiah 51:14
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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)
Exodus 24:8
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8 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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Psalm 102:19-21
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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)
1 Corinthians 11:25
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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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Isaiah 42:7
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7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.(A)
Matthew 26:28
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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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Hebrews 10:29
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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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Mark 14:24
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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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Isaiah 61:1
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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)
Isaiah 49:9
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9 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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Psalm 107:10-16
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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)
Psalm 69:33
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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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