Matthew 26:28
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28 (A)for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.
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Romans 3:24-25
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24 They are justified freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,(A) 25 whom God set forth as an expiation,[a] through faith, by his blood, to prove his righteousness because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed,(B)
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- 3:25 Expiation: this rendering is preferable to “propitiation,” which suggests hostility on the part of God toward sinners. As Paul will be at pains to point out (Rom 5:8–10), it is humanity that is hostile to God.
Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit[a] offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.(A)
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1 Peter 1:19
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19 but with the precious blood of Christ(A) as of a spotless unblemished lamb.[a]
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- 1:19 Christians have received the redemption prophesied by Isaiah (Is 52:3), through the blood (Jewish symbol of life) of the spotless lamb (Is 53:7, 10; Jn 1:29; Rom 3:24–25; cf. 1 Cor 6:20).
Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us[a] from our sins by his blood,(A)
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