Old Testament

Exodus 35-36

^35:1Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them. ^35:2'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death. ^35:3You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the Sabbath day.'"

^35:4Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying, ^35:5'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, silver, brass, ^35:6blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, ^35:7rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood, ^35:8oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense, ^35:9onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

^35:10"Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded: ^35:11the tent, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; ^35:12the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen; ^35:13the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show bread; ^35:14the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps, and the oil for the light; ^35:15and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tent; ^35:16the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base; ^35:17the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; ^35:18the pins of the tent, the pins of the court, and their cords; ^35:19the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.'"

^35:20All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. ^35:21They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments. ^35:22They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, ear-rings, signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh. ^35:23Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them. ^35:24Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. ^35:25All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. ^35:26All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair. ^35:27The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate; ^35:28and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. ^35:29The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.

^35:30Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ^35:31He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; ^35:32and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in brass, ^35:33in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship. ^35:34He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ^35:35He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

^36:1"Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded."

^36:2Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it: ^36:3and they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. They brought yet to him freewill-offerings every morning. ^36:4All the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did. ^36:5They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."

^36:6Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing. ^36:7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

^36:8All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them. ^36:9The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure. ^36:10He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. ^36:11He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling. ^36:12He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite one to another. ^36:13He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tent was a unit.

^36:14He made curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent. He made them eleven curtains. ^36:15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure. ^36:16He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. ^36:17He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling. ^36:18He made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit. ^36:19He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

^36:20He made the boards for the tent of acacia wood, standing up. ^36:21Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. ^36:22Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tent this way. ^36:23He made the boards for the tent: twenty boards for the south side southward. ^36:24He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. ^36:25For the second side of the tent, on the north side, he made twenty boards, ^36:26and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ^36:27For the far part of the tent westward he made six boards. ^36:28He made two boards for the corners of the tent in the far part. ^36:29They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners. ^36:30There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.

^36:31He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tent, ^36:32and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the tent for the hinder part westward. ^36:33He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. ^36:34He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

^36:35He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman. ^36:36He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them. ^36:37He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer; ^36:38and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.

New Testament

Luke 6

^6:1Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. ^6:2But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

^6:3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; ^6:4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" ^6:5He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

^6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. ^6:7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. ^6:8But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. ^6:9Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" ^6:10He looked around at them all, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other. ^6:11But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

^6:12It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. ^6:13When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: ^6:14Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; ^6:15Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; ^6:16Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor. ^6:17He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; ^6:18as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed. ^6:19All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

^6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said,

 "Blessed are you poor,
      For yours is the Kingdom of God.

 ^6:21Blessed are you who hunger now,
      For you will be filled.

 Blessed are you who weep now,
      For you will laugh.

 ^6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them and reproach you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
      ^6:23Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.

 ^6:24"But woe to you who are rich!
      For you have received your consolation.

 ^6:25Woe to you, you who are full now!
      For you will be hungry.

 Woe to you who laugh now!
      For you will mourn and weep.

 ^6:26Woe, when men speak well of you!
      For their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.

^6:27"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ^6:28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who insult you. ^6:29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also. ^6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

^6:31"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. ^6:32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ^6:33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ^6:34If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. ^6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

 ^6:36Therefore be merciful,
      Even as your Father is also merciful.

 ^6:37Don't judge,
      And you won't be judged.

 Don't condemn,
      And you won't be condemned.

 Set free,
      And you will be set free.

^6:38"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

^6:39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit? ^6:40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. ^6:41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? ^6:42Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye. ^6:43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. ^6:44For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. ^6:45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

^6:46"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say? ^6:47Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. ^6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. ^6:49But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."