Old Testament

Leviticus 10-11

^10:1Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them. ^10:2And fire came forth from before Yahweh, and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

^10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying,

 "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me,
      And before all the people I will be glorified.'"

Aaron held his peace. ^10:4Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp." ^10:5So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.

^10:6Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled. ^10:7You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; for the anointing oil of Yahweh is on you." They did according to the word of Moses.

^10:8Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying, ^10:9"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations: ^10:10and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; ^10:11and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."

^10:12Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy; ^10:13and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded. ^10:14The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel. ^10:15The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."

^10:16Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying, ^10:17"Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh? ^10:18Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."

^10:19Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been pleasing in the sight of Yahweh?"

^10:20When Moses heard that, it was pleasing in his sight.

^11:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, ^11:2"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. ^11:3Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

^11:4"'Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. ^11:5The coney, because he chews the cud but doesn't have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you. ^11:6The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you. ^11:7The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. ^11:8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

^11:9These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat. ^11:10All that don't have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you, ^11:11and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. ^11:12Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.

^11:13"'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture, ^11:14and the red kite, any kind of black kite, ^11:15any kind of raven, ^11:16the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk, ^11:17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, ^11:18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, ^11:19the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

^11:20"'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. ^11:21Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth. ^11:22Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. ^11:23But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.

^11:24"'By these you will become unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening. ^11:25Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

^11:26"'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. ^11:27Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. ^11:28He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

^11:29"'These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, ^11:30the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. ^11:31These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening. ^11:32On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean. ^11:33Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it. ^11:34All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. ^11:35Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. ^11:36Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ^11:37If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. ^11:38But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

^11:39"'If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. ^11:40He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

^11:41"'Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten. ^11:42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. ^11:43You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. ^11:44For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. ^11:45For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

^11:46"'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, ^11:47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"

New Testament

Luke 14

^14:1It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. ^14:2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. ^14:3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

^14:4But they were silent.

He took him, and healed him, and let him go. ^14:5He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"

^14:6They couldn't answer him regarding these things.

^14:7He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, ^14:8"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, ^14:9and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. ^14:10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. ^14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."

^14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. ^14:13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; ^14:14and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

^14:15When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"

^14:16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people. ^14:17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.' ^14:18They all as one began to make excuses.

"The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'

^14:19"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'

^14:20"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

^14:21"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

^14:22"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

^14:23"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. ^14:24For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"

^14:25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, ^14:26"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple. ^14:27Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple. ^14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? ^14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, ^14:30saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.' ^14:31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ^14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace. ^14:33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple. ^14:34Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it? ^14:35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."