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    (A)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (B)God, your God, has (C)anointed you
    with the oil of (D)gladness (E)beyond your companions;

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The Year of the Lord's Favour

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and (A)the rulers were gathered together,
    against the Lord and against his (B)Anointed’[a]

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (C)holy servant Jesus, (D)whom you anointed, both (E)Herod and (F)Pontius Pilate, along (G)with the Gentiles and (H)the peoples of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:26 Or Christ