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.”

²⁰ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, ²¹ and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat^(A) the Lord and seek^(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ ²² And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”^(C)

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.