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17     learn to do good;
seek justice;
    rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
    plead for the widow.(A)

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17 Learn to do right;(A) seek justice.(B)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](C)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(D)
    plead the case of the widow.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them
    and not to hide yourself from your own kin?(A)

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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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36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’(A)

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36 I needed clothes and you clothed me,(A) I was sick and you looked after me,(B) I was in prison and you came to visit me.’(C)

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