Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort for God’s People

1 aComfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 bSpeak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that cher warfare
Or hardship
is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.

Luke 23:34

34And Jesus said, Father, eforgive them, ffor they know not what they do.”
Some manuscripts omit the sentence  And Jesus . . . what they do
And they cast lots hto divide his garments.

2 Corinthians 2:7

7so iyou should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 2:11

11so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for jwe are not ignorant of his designs.

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