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

for the fine linen is ^(B)the righteous deeds of the saints.

¹⁵ O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a ^(A)remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our ^(B)guilt, ^(C)for none can stand before you because of this.”

¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, ^(A)clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” ¹⁴ I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of ^(B)the great tribulation. ^(C)They have washed their robes and ^(D)made them white ^(E)in the blood of the Lamb.

^18 (A)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^(B)our desolations, and ^(C)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

¹¹ “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there ^(A)a man who had no wedding garment. ¹² And he said to him, ^(B)‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and ^(C)cast him into the outer darkness. In that place ^(D)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹⁸ For a majority of the people, ^(A)many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise ^(B)than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone ^19 (C)who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness.”^{[a] 20} And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.