Isaiah 58:6-12

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⁶“Is not this the fast that I choose:
    ^(A)to loose the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps ^(B)of the yoke,
to let the oppressed^[a] go free,
    and to break every yoke?
⁷Is it not ^(C)to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    ^(D)and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
⁸^(E)Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    ^(F)and your healing shall spring up speedily;
^(G)your righteousness shall go before you;
    ^(H)the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
⁹Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away ^(I)the yoke from your midst,
    ^(J)the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
¹⁰^(K)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^(L)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.
¹¹And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be ^(M)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.
¹²^(N)And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
    you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
    the restorer of streets to dwell in.

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Isaiah 58:6 Or bruised

John 9:1-12

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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, ^(A)“Rabbi, ^(B)who sinned, ^(C)this man or ^(D)his parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but ^(E)that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴We must ^(F)work the works of him who sent me ^(G)while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, ^(H)I am the light of the world.” ⁶Having said these things, ^(I)he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. ^(J)Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud ⁷and said to him, “Go, wash in ^(K)the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and ^(L)came back seeing.

⁸The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, ^(M)“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” ⁹Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” ¹⁰So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” ¹¹He answered, ^(N)“The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” ¹²They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”