Isaiah 42:7

New International Version

⁷to 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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Isaiah 42:7 in all English translations

Isaiah 61:1-2

New International Version

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]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(I)
    and the day of vengeance^(J) of our God,
to comfort^(K) all who mourn,^(L)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Romans 6:18-19

New International Version

¹⁸You have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves to righteousness.^(B)

¹⁹I am using an example from everyday life^(C) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness^(D) leading to holiness.

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Romans 6:22

New International Version

²²But now that you have been set free from sin^(A) and have become slaves of God,^(B) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.^(C)

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