Old Testament

Leviticus 8-9

^8:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^8:2"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; ^8:3and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting."

^8:4Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting. ^8:5Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done." ^8:6Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. ^8:7He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it. ^8:8He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. ^8:9He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^8:10Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. ^8:11He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them. ^8:12He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. ^8:13Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

^8:14He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. ^8:15He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. ^8:16He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar. ^8:17But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^8:18He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ^8:19He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. ^8:20He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. ^8:21He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^8:22He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ^8:23He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. ^8:24He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. ^8:25He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh; ^8:26and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh. ^8:27He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh. ^8:28Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ^8:29Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^8:30Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

^8:31Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' ^8:32What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. ^8:33You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days. ^8:34What has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. ^8:35At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die: for so I am commanded." ^8:36Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.

^9:1It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; ^9:2and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before Yahweh. ^9:3You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering; ^9:4and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.'"

^9:5They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahweh. ^9:6Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and the glory of Yahweh shall appear to you." ^9:7Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded."

^9:8So Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ^9:9The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: ^9:10but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^9:11The flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp. ^9:12He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about. ^9:13They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar. ^9:14He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar. ^9:15He presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first. ^9:16He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. ^9:17He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. ^9:18He also killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about, ^9:19and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver: ^9:20and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar: ^9:21and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded. ^9:22Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

^9:23Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. ^9:24There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

New Testament

Luke 13

^13:1Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ^13:2Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galilaeans were worse sinners than all the other Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? ^13:3I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way. ^13:4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? ^13:5I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."

^13:6He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. ^13:7He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?' ^13:8He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it. ^13:9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

^13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. ^13:11Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. ^13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity." ^13:13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

^13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

^13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? ^13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

^13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

^13:18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? ^13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

^13:20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? ^13:21It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three sata of flour, until it was all leavened."

^13:22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. ^13:23One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?"

He said to them, ^13:24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ^13:25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' ^13:26Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' ^13:27He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' ^13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside. ^13:29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God. ^13:30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

^13:31On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

^13:32He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. ^13:33Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'

^13:34"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused! ^13:35Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"