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Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.[a](A)

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  1. 19:2 Be holy, for I…am holy: in the writings commonly attributed to the Priestly collection, Israel is called to be holy through obeying God’s precepts (11:44–45; 20:7–8, 24–26; Nm 15:40–41). Cf. Dt 14:2, 21; 26:19; and Ex 19:6.

“Speak to the entire assembly of Israel(A) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,(B) am holy.(C)

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Sanctify yourselves, then, and be holy; for I, the Lord, your God,(A) am holy.

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“‘Consecrate yourselves(A) and be holy,(B) because I am the Lord your God.(C)

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26 To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy,(A) and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.

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26 You are to be holy to me(A) because I, the Lord, am holy,(B) and I have set you apart from the nations(C) to be my own.

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48 So be perfect,[a] just as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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  1. 5:48 Perfect: in the gospels this word occurs only in Matthew, here and in Mt 19:21. The Lucan parallel (Lk 6:36) demands that the disciples be merciful.

48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.(A)

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16 for it is written, “Be holy because I [am] holy.”(A)

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16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Peter 1:16 Lev. 11:44,45; 19:2