32 No stranger had to spend the night on the street,
for I opened my door to the traveler.

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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(A)

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Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,(A)
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,(B)
and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 58:7 Lit not hide yourself from your flesh

Is it not to share your food with the hungry(A)
    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter(B)
when you see the naked, to clothe(C) them,
    and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?(D)

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He doesn’t oppress anyone(A) but returns his collateral to the debtor.(B) He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry(C) and covers the naked with clothing.

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He does not oppress(A) anyone,
    but returns what he took in pledge(B) for a loan.
He does not commit robbery(C)
    but gives his food to the hungry(D)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(E)

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16 May the Lord grant mercy(A) to the household of Onesiphorus,(B) because he often refreshed me(C) and was not ashamed of my chains.(D)

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16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,(A) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed(B) of my chains.(C)

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Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.(A)

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(A) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(B)

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27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows(A) in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.(B)

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27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(A) orphans and widows(B) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(C)

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15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm, and be well fed,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?(A)

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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?(B)

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