Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (A)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(B)To undo the [a]heavy burdens,
(C)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke

“Is not this the kind of fasting(A) I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice(B)
    and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed(C) free
    and break every yoke?(D)

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21 [a]However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:21 NU omits v. 21.

[21] [a]

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  1. Matthew 17:21 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 9:29.