Isaiah 53:12: "Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors."
Matthew 3:13-17: "13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?' 15 But Jesus answered him, 'Let it be so now, for this it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.'"
John 1:29: "The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
John 1:36: "and he [John the Baptist] looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God!'"
Galatians 4:4-5: "4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."
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The line "Jesus, once with sinners numbered" (which appears in the first and fourth verses) comes from Isaiah 53:12 ("he... was numbered with the transgressors"). The rest of the first verse describes Jesus' baptism, related in Matthew 3:13-17.
John 1:29 and John 1:36 seem to be combined in the first two lines of the second verse: "John confessed Him as the Savior - / 'Look, the sinless Lamb of God!'" However, the hymn goes on to reference John 1:26-27: "26 John answered them ["priests and Levites from Jerusalem"], 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.'" In the hymn, this is rendered as "Yet he dared not loose the sandals / Of the One God's love had shod." The hymn continues this feet theme in the next two lines: "Oh, how fair the feet of Jesus, / Bringing news of peace to us," which comes from Isaiah 52:7: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'"
Galatians 4:4-5 is in the third verse, specifically "He, the chosen and anointed / Son of God, sent to redeem."
The second line of the fourth verse ("Full obedience was Your path") might come from Philippians 2:8, which also talks about Jesus' obedience: "And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
John 1:29 and John 1:36 seem to be combined in the first two lines of the second verse: "John confessed Him as the Savior - / 'Look, the sinless Lamb of God!'" However, the hymn goes on to reference John 1:26-27: "26 John answered them ["priests and Levites from Jerusalem"], 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.'" In the hymn, this is rendered as "Yet he dared not loose the sandals / Of the One God's love had shod." The hymn continues this feet theme in the next two lines: "Oh, how fair the feet of Jesus, / Bringing news of peace to us," which comes from Isaiah 52:7: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'"
The second line of the fourth verse ("Full obedience was Your path") might come from Philippians 2:8, which also talks about Jesus' obedience: "And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
