²⁷ At the end of these days, from the eighth day^(A) on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings^(B) and fellowship offerings^(C) on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

⁴ and the offerings^(A) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.^(B)

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I urge you,^(A) brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,^(B) holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.