After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.

And so I will give him a place of honor, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven."

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse."

In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him.

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

He does not punish us as we deserve or repay us according to our sins and wrongs.

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us.

All his sins will be forgiven, and he will live, because he did what is right.

You will be merciful to us once again. You will trample our sins underfoot and send them to the bottom of the sea!