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⁵And he said: “Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground.”

¹⁵and having feet which have been shod by the preparation of the Gospel of peace.

¹⁵And truly, in what way will they preach, unless they have been sent, just as it has been written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelize peace, of those who evangelize what is good!”

³³But the Lord said to him: ‘Loosen the shoes from your feet. For the place in which you stand is holy ground.

¹⁷Groan silently; you shall make no mourning for the dead. Let the band of your crown be on you, and let your shoes be on your feet. And you shall not cover your face, nor shall you eat the food of those who mourn.”

¹⁶John responded by saying to everyone: “Indeed, I baptize you with water. But there will arrive one stronger than me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit, and with fire.

¹⁵Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

⁷Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at any time one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel.

²¹For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.

²²But the father said to his servants: ‘Quickly! Bring out the best robe, and clothe him with it. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.

⁷And he preached, saying: “One stronger than me comes after me. I am not worthy to reach down and loosen the laces of his shoes.

¹¹Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

¹³These wineskins were new when we filled them, now they are torn and broken. The garments we are wearing, and the shoes we have on our feet, due to the great length of the distance, have become worn and are nearly consumed.”

¹¹Now you shall consume it in this way: You shall gird your waist, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall consume it in haste. For it is the Passover (that is, the Crossing) of the Lord.

⁶in order that we may possess the destitute with money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell even the refuse of the grain?”

²⁷There is no one weak or struggling among them. They will not become drowsy, and they will not sleep. Neither will the belt around their waist be loosened, nor the laces of their boots be broken.

⁷How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and the preacher of peace! Announcing good and preaching peace, they are saying to Zion, “Your God will reign!”

²⁵His shoe shall be of iron and of brass. As were the days of your youth, so also shall be your old age.

⁵and having very old shoes, which had been sewn with patches indicating their age, and being clothed in old garments, having also loaves, which they carried as food for the journey, which were hard and broken into pieces.