Zechariah 3:4

Easy To Read Version

Then the angel said to the other angels standing near him, “Take those dirty clothes off of Joshua.” Then the angel spoke to Joshua. He said, “Now, I have taken away your guilt, and I am giving you a new change of clothes.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

1 Kings 22:19

But Micaiah continued to speak for the Lord. Micaiah said, “Listen! These are the words that the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne in heaven. His angels were standing near him.

Psalm 51:9

Don’t look at my sins!\par Erase them all!\par

Isaiah 43:25

“I, I am the One who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22

Your sins were like a big cloud.\par But I wiped away those sins.\par Your sins are gone,\par like a cloud that disappeared into thin air.\par I rescued and protected you,\par so come back to me!”\par

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up! Wake up Zion! {\cf2\super [420]} \par Dress yourself!\par Put on your strength!\par Holy Jerusalem, stand up!\par People that have not agreed\par to follow God {\cf2\super [421]} \par will not enter you again.\par Those people are not pure and clean.\par

Isaiah 61:10

“The Lord makes me very, very happy.\par My whole self is happy in my God.\par The Lord put the clothes of salvation on me.\par These clothes are like the nice clothes\par a man wears at his wedding.\par The Lord put the coat of goodness on me.\par This coat is like the beautiful clothes\par a woman wears at her wedding.\par

Isaiah 61:3

God sent me to the sad people of Zion. \{I will get them ready for the celebration.\} I will take away the ashes on their head, and I will give them a crown. I will take away their sadness, and I will give them the oil of happiness. I will take away their sorrow, and I will give them celebration clothes. God sent me to name those people ‘Good Trees’ and ‘The Lord’s Wonderful Plant.’

Jeremiah 52:33

So Jehoiachin took his prison clothes off. For the rest of his life, he ate regularly at the king’s table.

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”

Ezekiel 42:14

The priests who enter the holy area must leave their serving clothes in that holy place before they go out into the outer courtyard. Why? Because these clothes are holy. If a priest wants to go to the part of the temple where the other people are, then he must go to those rooms and put on other clothes.

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you.\par You take away people’s guilt.\par

Micah 7:19

He will come back and comfort us again.\par He will crush our guilt\par and throw all of our sins\par into the deep sea.\par

Zechariah 3:1

The angel showed me Joshua the High Priest. Joshua was standing in front of the angel of the Lord and Satan was standing by Joshua’s right side. Satan was there to accuse Joshua of doing bad things.

Zechariah 3:7

The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “Live the way I tell you,\par and do all the things I say.\par And you will be in charge of my temple.\par You will take care of its courtyard.\par You will be free to go\par anywhere in my temple\par just like these angels standing here.\par

Zechariah 3:9

Look, I put a special stone\par in front of Joshua.\par There are seven sides {\cf2\super [5]} on that stone.\par I will carve a special message on\par on that special stone.\par That will show that in one day,\par I will remove the guilt from this land.”\par

Matthew 22:11

“Then the king came in to see all the people. The king saw a man there that was not dressed in the right clothes for a wedding.

Luke 1:19

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I always stand ready before God. God sent me to talk to you and to tell you this good news.

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring the best clothes and dress him. Also, put a ring on his finger and good shoes on his feet.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

Romans 3:22

God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this for all people that believe in Christ. All people are the same.

Romans 6:23

When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:11

In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, {\cf2\super [36]} and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Colossians 3:10

You have begun to live the new life. In your new life you are being made new. You are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God.

Hebrews 8:12

And I will forgive the wrong things they do against me,\par and I will not remember their sins.”\par \i (Jeremiah 31:31-34)\i0 \par

Revelation 5:11

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels. The angels were around the throne, the \{four\} living things, and the elders. {\cf2\super [47]} There were thousands and thousands of angels—there were 10,000 times 10,000.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know who they are, sir.”