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"1BEHOLD, MY SERVANTWHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; 2MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; 3 I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, 4 AND HE SHALL PROCLAIMJUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
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This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
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"BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
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"HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.
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"A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.