Old Testament

Exodus 22-23

^22:1"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. ^22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. ^22:3If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. ^22:4If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

^22:5"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.

^22:6"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

^22:7"If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double. ^22:8If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods. ^22:9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

^22:10"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it; ^22:11the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. ^22:12But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it. ^22:13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

^22:14"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. ^22:15If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.

^22:16"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. ^22:17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

^22:18"You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

^22:19"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

^22:20"He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.

^22:21"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

^22:22"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. ^22:23If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; ^22:24and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

^22:25"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. ^22:26If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, ^22:27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

^22:28"You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

^22:29"You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses.

"You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me. ^22:30You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it me.

^22:31"You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

^23:1"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. ^23:2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice; ^23:3neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

^23:4"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. ^23:5If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.

^23:6"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

^23:7"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

^23:8You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

^23:9"You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, seeing you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

^23:10"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase, ^23:11but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.

^23:12"Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.

^23:13"Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.

^23:14"You shall observe a feast to me three times a year. ^23:15You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty. ^23:16And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field. ^23:17Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.

^23:18"You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. ^23:19The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God.

"You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

^23:20"Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. ^23:21Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him. ^23:22But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. ^23:23For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off. ^23:24You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars. ^23:25You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst. ^23:26No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. ^23:27I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. ^23:28I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. ^23:29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you. ^23:30Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land. ^23:31I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. ^23:32You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. ^23:33They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."

New Testament

Mark 15

^15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. ^15:2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered, "So you say."

^15:3The chief priests accused him of many things. ^15:4Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

^15:5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

^15:6Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him. ^15:7There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. ^15:8The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. ^15:9Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" ^15:10For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. ^15:11But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. ^15:12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

^15:13They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

^15:14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"

But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

^15:15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified. ^15:16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. ^15:17They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ^15:18They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" ^15:19They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. ^15:20When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him. ^15:21They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. ^15:22They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." ^15:23They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.

^15:24Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. ^15:25It was the third hour, and they crucified him. ^15:26The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." ^15:27With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. ^15:28The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."

^15:29Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, ^15:30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

^15:31Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself. ^15:32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

^15:33When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ^15:34At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

^15:35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

^15:36One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

^15:37Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. ^15:38The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. ^15:39When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

^15:40There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; ^15:41who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

^15:42When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ^15:43Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. ^15:44Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. ^15:45When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ^15:46He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. ^15:47Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.