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Isaiah 42:1

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my servant: Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 49:3-6, Isaiah 52:13, Isaiah 53:11; Matthew 12:18-20; Philippians 2:7

whom I: Isaiah 49:7-8, Isaiah 50:4-9; John 16:32

mine elect: Psalms 89:19-20; John 6:27; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:6

my soul: Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22; Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:6; Colossians 1:13 *marg.

I have: Isaiah 11:2-5, Isaiah 59:21, Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32-34, John 3:34; Acts 10:38

he shall: Isaiah 32:16, Isaiah 49:6; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 12:18; Acts 9:15, Acts 11:18, Acts 26:17-18, Acts 28:28; Romans 15:8-16; Ephesians 3:8

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