Old/New Testament
The Institution of the Passover
12 [a] The Lord said[b] to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,[c] 2 “This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.[d] 3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘On the tenth day of this month they each[e] must take a lamb[f] for themselves according to their families[g]—a lamb for each household.[h] 4 If any household is too small[i] for a lamb,[j] the man[k] and his next-door neighbor[l] are to take[m] a lamb according to the number of people—you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat.[n] 5 Your lamb must be[o] perfect,[p] a male, one year old;[q] you may take[r] it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 You must care for it[s] until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community[t] of Israel will kill it around sundown.[u] 7 They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it. 8 They will eat the meat the same night;[v] they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast[w] and with bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat it raw[x] or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails. 10 You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning. 11 This is how you are to eat it—dressed to travel,[y] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover.[z]
12 ‘I will pass through[aa] the land of Egypt in the same[ab] night, and I will attack[ac] all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals,[ad] and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment.[ae] I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see[af] the blood I will pass over you,[ag] and this plague[ah] will not fall on you to destroy you[ai] when I attack[aj] the land of Egypt.[ak]
14 ‘This day will become[al] a memorial[am] for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival[an] to the Lord—you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.[ao] 15 For seven days[ap] you must eat[aq] bread made without yeast.[ar] Surely[as] on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast[at] from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off[au] from Israel.
16 ‘On the first day there will be a holy convocation,[av] and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind[aw] on them, only what every person will eat—that alone may be prepared for you. 17 So you will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very[ax] day I brought your regiments[ay] out from the land of Egypt, and so you must keep this day perpetually as a lasting ordinance.[az] 18 In the first month,[ba] from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening. 19 For seven days[bb] yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast—that person[bc] will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a resident foreigner[bd] or one born in the land. 20 You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.’”
21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select[be] for yourselves a lamb or young goat[bf] for your families, and kill the Passover animals.[bg] 22 Take a branch of hyssop,[bh] dip it in the blood that is in the basin,[bi] and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out[bj] the door of his house until morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees[bk] the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer[bl] to enter your houses to strike you.[bm] 24 You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe[bn] this ceremony. 26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’[bo]— 27 then you will say, ‘It is the sacrifice[bp] of the Lord’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck[bq] Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,[br] 28 and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.[bs]
The Deliverance from Egypt
29 [bt] It happened[bu] at midnight—the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 30 Pharaoh got up[bv] in the night,[bw] along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house[bx] in which there was not someone dead. 31 Pharaoh[by] summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Get up, get out[bz] from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord as you have requested![ca] 32 Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.”[cb]
33 The Egyptians were urging[cc] the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly,[cd] for they were saying, “We are all dead!” 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added,[ce] with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders. 35 Now the Israelites had done[cf] as Moses told them—they had requested from the Egyptians[cg] silver and gold items and clothing. 36 The Lord[ch] gave the people favor[ci] in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted,[cj] and so they plundered Egypt.[ck]
37 The Israelites journeyed[cl] from Rameses[cm] to Sukkoth. There were about 600,000 men[cn] on foot, plus their dependents.[co] 38 A mixed multitude[cp] also went up with them, and flocks and herds—a very large number of cattle.[cq] 39 They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast. Because they were thrust out[cr] of Egypt and were not able to delay, they[cs] could not prepare[ct] food for themselves either.
40 Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.[cu] 41 At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments[cv] of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt,[cw] and so[cx] on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil[cy] to the Lord for generations to come.
Participation in the Passover
43 [cz] The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may[da] share in eating it.[db] 44 But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it. 45 A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it. 46 It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it. 47 The whole community of Israel must observe it.
48 “When a resident foreigner[dc] lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised,[dd] and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land[de]—but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. 49 The same law will apply[df] to the person who is native-born and to the resident foreigner[dg] who lives among you.”
50 So all the Israelites did exactly as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.[dh] 51 And on this very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.
The Law of the Firstborn
13 [di] The Lord spoke[dj] to Moses, 2 “Set apart[dk] to me every firstborn male—the first offspring of every womb[dl] among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”[dm]
3 Moses said to the people, “Remember[dn] this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved,[do] for the Lord brought you out of there[dp] with a mighty hand—and no bread made with yeast may be eaten.[dq] 4 On this day,[dr] in the month of Abib,[ds] you are going out.[dt]
5 “When[du] the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey,[dv] then you will keep[dw] this ceremony[dx] in this month. 6 For seven days[dy] you must eat[dz] bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be[ea] a festival to the Lord. 7 Bread made without yeast must be eaten[eb] for seven days;[ec] no bread made with yeast shall be seen[ed] among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.
8 “You are to tell your son[ee] on that day,[ef] ‘It is[eg] because of what[eh] the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 [ei] It[ej] will be a sign[ek] for you on your hand and a memorial[el] on your forehead,[em] so that the law of the Lord may be[en] in your mouth,[eo] for[ep] with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10 So you must keep[eq] this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.[er]
11 “When the Lord brings you[es] into the land of the Canaanites,[et] as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it[eu] to you, 12 then you must give over[ev] to the Lord the first offspring of every womb.[ew] Every firstling[ex] of a beast that you have[ey]—the males will be the Lord’s.[ez] 13 Every firstling[fa] of a donkey you must redeem[fb] with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck.[fc] Every firstborn of[fd] your sons you must redeem.
14 [fe] “In the future,[ff] when your son asks you[fg] ‘What is this?’[fh] you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand[fi] the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.[fj] 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused[fk] to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals.[fl] That is why I am sacrificing[fm] to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’ 16 It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets[fn] on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”[fo]
The Leading of God
17 [fp] When Pharaoh released[fq] the people, God did not lead them[fr] by the way to the land[fs] of the Philistines,[ft] although[fu] that was nearby, for God said,[fv] “Lest[fw] the people change their minds[fx] and return to Egypt when they experience[fy] war.” 18 So God brought the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea,[fz] and the Israelites went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle.[ga]
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph[gb] had made the Israelites solemnly swear,[gc] “God will surely attend to[gd] you, and you will carry[ge] my bones up from this place with you.”
20 They journeyed from Sukkoth and camped in Etham, on the edge of the desert. 21 Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light,[gf] so that they could[gg] travel day or night.[gh] 22 He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.[gi]
The Demand for a Sign
16 Now when the Pharisees[a] and Sadducees[b] came to test Jesus,[c] they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.[d] 2 He[e] said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’ 3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’[f] You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky,[g] but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then[h] he left them and went away.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5 When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread. 6 “Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees[i] and Sadducees.”[j] 7 So[k] they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because we brought no bread.” 8 When Jesus learned of this,[l] he said, “You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing[m] among yourselves about having no bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000, and how many baskets you took up? 10 Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you took up? 11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” 12 Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Peter’s Confession
13 When[n] Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,[o] “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,[p] and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered,[q] “You are the Christ,[r] the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him,[s] “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood[t] did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven! 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[u] will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 20 Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.[v]
First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
21 From that time on[w] Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer[x] many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law,[y] and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him:[z] “God forbid,[aa] Lord! This must not happen to you!” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”[ab] 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to become my follower,[ac] he must deny[ad] himself, take up his cross,[ae] and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life[af] will lose it,[ag] but whoever loses his life because of me[ah] will find it. 26 For what does it benefit a person[ai] if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.[aj] 28 I tell you the truth,[ak] there are some standing here who will not[al] experience[am] death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”[an]
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