Old/New Testament
The New Tablets of the Covenant
34 [a] The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out[b] two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write[c] on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed. 2 Be prepared[d] in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself[e] for me there on the top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.” 4 So Moses[f] cut out two tablets of stone like the first;[g] early in the morning he went up[h] to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.
5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.[i] 6 The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed:[j] “The Lord, the Lord,[k] the compassionate and gracious[l] God, slow to anger,[m] and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,[n] 7 keeping loyal love for thousands,[o] forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression[p] of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
8 Moses quickly bowed[q] to the ground and worshiped 9 and said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord[r] go among us, for we[s] are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”
10 He said, “See, I am going to make[t] a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done[u] in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.[v]
11 “Obey[w] what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out[x] before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Be careful not to make[y] a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare[z] among you. 13 Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.[aa] 14 For you must not worship[ab] any other god,[ac] for the Lord, whose name[ad] is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15 Be careful[ae] not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when[af] they prostitute themselves[ag] to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you,[ah] you will eat from his sacrifice; 16 and you then take[ai] his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well. 17 You must not make yourselves molten gods.
18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days[aj] you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this[ak] at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
19 “Every firstborn of the womb[al] belongs to me, even every firstborn[am] of your cattle that is a male,[an] whether ox or sheep. 20 Now the firstling[ao] of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck.[ap] You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons.
“No one will appear before me empty-handed.[aq]
21 “On six days[ar] you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest;[as] even at the time of plowing and of harvest[at] you are to rest.[au]
22 “You must observe[av] the Feast of Weeks—the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat—and the Feast of Ingathering at the end[aw] of the year. 23 At three times[ax] in the year all your men[ay] must appear before the Sovereign Lord,[az] the God of Israel. 24 For I will drive out[ba] the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet[bb] your land when you go up[bc] to appear before the Lord your God three times[bd] in the year.
25 “You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the Feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning.[be]
26 “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”[bf]
27 The Lord said to Moses, “Write down[bg] these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;[bh] he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.[bi]
The Radiant Face of Moses
29 [bj] Now when Moses came down[bk] from Mount Sinai with[bl] the two tablets of the testimony in his hand[bm]—when he came down[bn] from the mountain, Moses[bo] did not know that the skin of his face shone[bp] while he talked with him. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone,[bq] and they were afraid to approach him. 31 But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them. 32 After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses finished[br] speaking[bs] with them, he would[bt] put a veil on his face. 34 But when Moses went in[bu] before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out.[bv] Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.[bw] 35 When the Israelites would see[bx] the face of Moses, that[by] the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord.[bz]
Sabbath Regulations
35 Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, “These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do.[ca] 2 In six days[cb] work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day[cc] for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord.[cd] Anyone who does work on it will be put to death. 3 You must not kindle a fire[ce] in any of your homes[cf] on the Sabbath day.”[cg]
Willing Workers
4 [ch] Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, “This is the word that the Lord has commanded: 5 ‘Take[ci] an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who has a willing heart[cj] bring[ck] an offering to the Lord:[cl] gold, silver, bronze; 6 blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen; goats’ hair; 7 ram skins dyed red; fine leather;[cm] acacia wood; 8 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 9 onyx stones, and other gems[cn] for mounting[co] on the ephod and the breastpiece. 10 Every skilled person[cp] among you is to come and make all that the Lord has commanded: 11 the tabernacle with[cq] its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; 12 the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it; 13 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand for[cr] the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light; 15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; 16 the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal; 17 the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard; 18 tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes; 19 the woven garments for serving in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.’”
20 So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses. 21 Everyone[cs] whose heart stirred him to action[ct] and everyone whose spirit was willing[cu] came and brought the offering for the Lord for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.[cv] 22 They came, men and women alike,[cw] all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry,[cx] and everyone came who waved[cy] a wave offering of gold to the Lord.
23 Everyone who had[cz] blue, purple, or[da] scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather[db] brought them.[dc] 24 Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as[dd] an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood[de] for any work of the service brought it.[df] 25 Every woman who was skilled[dg] spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, 26 and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled[dh] spun goats’ hair.
27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted[di] for the ephod and the breastpiece, 28 and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
29 The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through[dj] Moses had commanded them[dk] to do.
30 Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen[dl] Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God—with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work— 32 to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, 33 and in cutting stones for their setting,[dm] and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.[dn] 34 And he has put it in his heart[do] to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 He has filled them with skill[dp] to do all kinds of work[dq] as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are[dr] craftsmen in all the work[ds] and artistic designers.[dt]
Marriage and the Resurrection
23 The same day Sadducees[a] (who say there is no resurrection)[b] came to him and asked him,[c] 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children[d] for his brother.’[e] 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother. 26 The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh. 27 Last[f] of all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”[g] 29 Jesus[h] answered them, “You are deceived,[i] because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels[j] in heaven. 31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,[k] 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[l] He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”[m] 33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
The Greatest Commandment
34 Now when the Pharisees[n] heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,[o] they assembled together.[p] 35 And one of them, an expert in religious law,[q] asked him a question to test[r] him: 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”[s] 37 Jesus[t] said to him, “‘Love[u] the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[v] 38 This is the first and greatest[w] commandment. 39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[x] 40 All the law and the prophets depend[y] on these two commandments.”
The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord
41 While[z] the Pharisees[aa] were assembled, Jesus asked them a question:[ab] 42 “What do you think about the Christ?[ac] Whose son is he?” They said, “The son of David.”[ad] 43 He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my lord,[ae]
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?[af]
45 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”[ag] 46 No one[ah] was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
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