Isaiah 42:6
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6 I, the Lord, have called you for justice,
I have grasped you by the hand;
I formed you, and set you
as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,(A)
Isaiah 46:13
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13 I am bringing on that victory, it is not far off,
my salvation shall not tarry;
I will put salvation within Zion,
give to Israel my glory.
Isaiah 49:6
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6 It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;(A)
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.[a]
Acts 13:47
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47 For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth.’”(A)
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Acts 26:23
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23 that the Messiah must suffer[a] and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”(A)
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