Isaiah 42:6

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⁶“I am the Lord, I have ^(A)called You in righteousness,
I will also ^(B)hold You by the hand and ^(C)watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a ^(D)covenant to the people,
As a ^(E)light to the nations,

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Isaiah 51:4

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⁴“^(A)Pay attention to Me, My people,
And listen to Me, My ^[a]nation;
For a ^(B)law will go out from Me,
And I will bring My ^(C)justice as a ^(D)light of the peoples.

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Isaiah 51:4 Or people

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Luke 2:32

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³²^(A)A light for revelation ^[a]for the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

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Luke 2:32 Lit of the Gentiles

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Acts 13:47

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⁴⁷For so the Lord has commanded us,

‘^(A)I have appointed You as a ^(B)light ^[a]to the Gentiles,
That You may ^[b]bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

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Acts 13:47 Lit of
Acts 13:47 Lit be for salvation

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Acts 26:23

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²³as to ^(A)whether the ^[a]Christ was ^[b]to suffer, and whether, as ^(B)first from the resurrection of the dead, He would proclaim ^(C)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”