13 He that is covering over his transgressions will not succeed,+ but he that is confessing and leaving [them] will be shown mercy.+

5 “And I will come near to YOU people for the judgment,+ and I will become a speedy witness+ against the sorcerers,+ and against the adulterers,*+ and against those swearing falsely,+ and against those acting fraudulently with the wages of a wage worker,+ with [the] widow+ and with [the] fatherless boy,+ and those turning away the alien resident,+ while they have not feared me,”+ Jehovah of armies has said.

4 Paul said: “John baptized with the baptism [in symbol] of repentance,+ telling the people to believe in the one coming after him,+ that is, in Jesus.”