³ Now Joshua was clothed with ^(A)filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

¹⁵ O Lord God of Israel, ^(A)You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. ^(B)Here we are before You, ^(C)in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”

⁸ And ^(A)to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, ^(B)for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

¹¹ “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there ^(A)who did not have on a wedding garment. ¹² So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was ^(B)speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, ^[a]take him away, and cast him ^(C)into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹³ Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in ^(A)white robes, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴ And I said to him, ^[a]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, ^(B)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and ^(C)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

^18 (A)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes ^(B)and see our desolations, and the city ^(C)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.

¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, ^(A)many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, ^(B)yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement for everyone ¹⁹ who ^(C)prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.” ²⁰ And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.