Clean and Unclean Food^(A)

14 You are the children^(B) of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead,

⁵ “‘Priests must not shave^(A) their heads or shave off the edges of their beards^(B) or cut their bodies.^(C)

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God^(A) through faith,

⁸ In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,^(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.^(B)

⁵ eighty men who had shaved off their beards,^(A) torn their clothes^(B) and cut^(C) themselves came from Shechem,^(D) Shiloh^(E) and Samaria,^(F) bringing grain offerings and incense^(G) with them to the house of the Lord.^(H)

⁶ “Both high and low will die in this land.^(A) They will not be buried or mourned,^(B) and no one will cut^(C) themselves or shave^(D) their head for the dead.

²⁶ and,

²⁷ “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.^(A)

²⁸ “‘Do not cut^(B) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

¹⁶ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit^(A) that we are God’s children.^(B)