²⁸ And they cried aloud and ^(A)cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.

²⁸ You shall not make any ^(A)cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.

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14 “You are ^(A)the sons of the Lord your God. ^(B)You shall not cut yourselves or make any ^(C)baldness on your foreheads for the dead.

⁵ Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

²² And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But ^(A)if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”