Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?(A)
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?

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Is this the kind of fast(A) I have chosen,
    only a day for people to humble(B) themselves?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed(C)
    and for lying in sackcloth and ashes?(D)
Is that what you call a fast,
    a day acceptable to the Lord?

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35 So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother[a] from his[b] heart.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:35 Other mss add his trespasses
  2. Matthew 18:35 Lit your

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”(A)

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13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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