“Is not this the kind of fasting(A) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(B)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(C) free
    and break every yoke?(D)

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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

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Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (A)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(B)To undo the [a]heavy burdens,
(C)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke

Make every effort to keep the unity(A) of the Spirit through the bond of peace.(B)

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Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit (A)in the bond of peace.

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14 And over all these virtues put on love,(A) which binds them all together in perfect unity.(B)

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14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

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14 (A)But above all these things (B)put on love, which is the (C)bond of perfection.

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