2 Chronicles 30:18-20

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law.¹ For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive² 30:19 everyone who has determined to follow God,³ the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”⁴ 30:20 The Lord responded favorably⁵ to Hezekiah and forgave⁶ the people.

Ezra 9:15

9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt⁷ no one can really stand before you.”

Isaiah 64:6

64:6 We are all like one who is unclean,

all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight.⁸

We all wither like a leaf;

our sins carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively,⁹ my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins¹⁰ and the city called by your name.¹¹ For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you,¹² but because your compassion is abundant.

Matthew 22:11-13

22:11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.¹³ 22:13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

Revelation 7:13-14

7:13 Then¹⁴ one of the elders asked¹⁵ me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?” 7:14 So¹⁶ I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.”¹⁷ Then¹⁸ he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They¹⁹ have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 19:8

19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen”²⁰ (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).²¹

¹tn Heb “without what is written.”

²tn Heb “make atonement for.”

³tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”

⁴tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”

⁵tn Heb “listened.”

⁶tn Heb “healed.”

⁷tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”

⁹tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹⁰tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

¹¹tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

¹²tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

¹³tn Grk “he was silent.”

¹⁴tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁵tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

¹⁶tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

¹⁷tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

¹⁸tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁹tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

²⁰tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12…16; 19:8, 14.”

²¹sn This phrase is treated as a parenthetical explanation by the author.