²⁶ If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge,^(A) return it by sunset,

²⁷ because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in?^(A) When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.^(B)

¹² If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge^(A) in your possession.

¹³ Return their cloak by sunset^(A) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.^(B) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.^(C)

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.^(A)

¹⁶ If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?^(A)