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Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.[a](A)

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  1. 19:2 Be holy, for I…am holy: in the writings commonly attributed to the Priestly collection, Israel is called to be holy through obeying God’s precepts (11:44–45; 20:7–8, 24–26; Nm 15:40–41). Cf. Dt 14:2, 21; 26:19; and Ex 19:6.

Sanctify yourselves, then, and be holy; for I, the Lord, your God,(A) am holy.

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26 To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy,(A) and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.

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48 So be perfect,[a] just as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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  1. 5:48 Perfect: in the gospels this word occurs only in Matthew, here and in Mt 19:21. The Lucan parallel (Lk 6:36) demands that the disciples be merciful.

16 for it is written, “Be holy because I [am] holy.”(A)

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