Old/New Testament

Foods That Could Be Eaten

11 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ² “Say to the people of Israel, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals on the earth. ³ You may eat any animal that has hard and divided feet and chews its food again. ⁴ But among those which chew their food again or have feet that are hard and divided, do not eat the camel. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. ⁵ Do not eat the rock badger. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. ⁶ Do not eat the rabbit. For it chews its food again, but does not have feet that are hard and divided. It is unclean to you. ⁷ And do not eat the pig. For it has feet that are hard and divided, but it does not chew its food again. It is unclean to you. ⁸ Do not eat their flesh or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean to you.

⁹ ‘These you may eat, of all that are in the water. You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, in the seas or in the rivers. ¹⁰ But whatever is in the seas and rivers that does not have fins and scales, among all the living things moving in the water, are to be hated by you. ¹¹ You will hate them. You may not eat their meat, and you will hate their dead bodies. ¹² Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales will be hated by you.

¹³ ‘These you will hate among the birds. They are hated and not to be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, ¹⁴ the kite, every kind of falcon, ¹⁵ every kind of raven, ¹⁶ the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, every kind of hawk, ¹⁷ the little owl, the cormorant, the big owl, ¹⁸ the white owl, the pelican, the vulture that eats dead flesh, ¹⁹ the stork, every kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

²⁰ ‘All bugs with wings and that walk on all fours are to be hated by you. ²¹ But you may eat, among all the bugs with wings and that walk on all fours, those which have legs above their feet that allow them to jump on the ground. ²² You may eat every kind of locust, every kind of destroying locust, every kind of cricket, and every kind of grasshopper. ²³ But you are to hate all other bugs with wings and four feet.

²⁴ ‘If you touch these you will be unclean. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ²⁵ And whoever picks up any of their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. ²⁶ Every animal that has a parted foot but not a divided foot, or that does not eat its food again, is unclean to you. Whoever touches them will be unclean. ²⁷ Whatever walks on its soft feet, among all the animals that walk on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ²⁸ And he who picks up their dead bodies will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. They are unclean to you.

²⁹ ‘These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you: the mole, the mouse, every kind of big lizard, ³⁰ the gecko, the crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. ³¹ These animals that move on the earth are unclean to you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. ³² And anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead will be unclean. Each piece of wood or clothing or skin or bag or anything used as you work, must be put in water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean. ³³ If any falls into a clay pot, whatever is in the pot will be unclean. You should break the pot. ³⁴ Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean. And anything which could be drunk from any such pot will be unclean. ³⁵ Everything on which part of their dead body may fall will be unclean. A stove or a place for pots must be broken. They are unclean to you. ³⁶ But a well or a place holding water will be clean. But whoever touches a dead body will be unclean. ³⁷ If a part of their dead body falls on any seed which is to be planted, it is clean. ³⁸ But if water is put on the seed, and a body falls on it, it is unclean to you.

³⁹ ‘If one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. ⁴⁰ He who eats some of the dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And he who picks up its dead body will wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

⁴¹ ‘Anything that moves around on the ground in large numbers is hated and is not to be eaten. ⁴² You should not eat whatever moves on its stomach, or goes on four feet, or has many feet, among all the things that move around on the ground in large numbers. For they are hated. ⁴³ Do not make yourselves unclean by any of the small living things that move together on the ground, so you become unclean. ⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God. So set yourselves apart, and be holy. For I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean with any of the small living things that move together in large numbers on the ground. ⁴⁵ For I am the Lord Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.’”

⁴⁶ This is the Law of the animal, the bird, every living thing that moves in the water, and everything that moves on the ground. ⁴⁷ It is so you know the difference between those that are clean and those that are unclean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

Women after Childbirth

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, ² “Say to the people of Israel, ‘When a woman gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean for seven days as during her time each month. ³ On the eighth day the child is to go through the religious act of becoming a Jew. ⁴ The mother will be unclean for thirty-three days, until her blood stops flowing. She will not touch any holy thing or go into the holy place, until the days for making her clean are finished. ⁵ If she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks, as during the time she is unclean each month. She will be unclean for sixty-six days, until her blood stops flowing.

⁶ ‘When the days for making her clean are finished, for a son or for a daughter, she will bring her gifts to the religious leader at the door of the meeting tent. She will bring a one year old lamb for a burnt gift, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin gift. ⁷ Then he will give it to the Lord and pay for her sins. She will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the Law for her who gives birth to a son or daughter. ⁸ But if she does not have enough money for a lamb, then she will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt gift and the other for a sin gift. The religious leader will pay for her sins and she will be clean.’”

Jesus Tells of His Death the Fourth Time ^(A)

26 When Jesus had finished all this teaching, He said to His followers, ² “You know that the special religious supper to remember how the Jews left Egypt is in two days. The Son of Man will be handed over to be nailed to a cross.”

³ The religious leaders and the leaders of the people gathered at the house of the head religious leader. His name was Caiaphas. ⁴ They talked together how they might trap Jesus and kill Him. ⁵ But they said, “This must not happen on the day of the special supper. The people would be against it. They would make much trouble.”

Mary of Bethany Puts Special Perfume on Jesus ^(B)

⁶ Jesus was in the town of Bethany in the house of Simon. Simon had a very bad skin disease. ⁷ A woman came with a jar of perfume. She had given much money for this. As Jesus ate, she poured the perfume on His head. ⁸ When the followers saw it, they were angry. They said, “Why was this wasted? ⁹ This perfume could have been sold for much money and given to poor people.”

¹⁰ Jesus knew what they were saying. He said to them, “Why are you giving this woman trouble? She has done a good thing to Me. ¹¹ You will have poor people with you all the time. But you will not have Me with you all the time. ¹² She put this perfume on My body to make it ready for the grave. ¹³ For sure, I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in all the world, this woman will be remembered for what she has done.”

Judas Hands Jesus Over to Be Killed ^(C)

¹⁴ Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve followers. He went to the religious leaders of the Jews. ¹⁵ He said, “What will you pay me if I hand Jesus over to you?” They promised to pay him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ From that time on Judas looked for a way to hand Jesus over to them.

Getting Ready for the Special Supper ^(D)

¹⁷ On the first day of the supper of bread without yeast the followers came to Jesus. They said, “What place do You want us to make ready for You to eat the supper of the special religious gathering to remember how the Jews left Egypt?” ¹⁸ He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I will eat the special supper at your house with My followers.”’” ¹⁹ The followers did as Jesus told them. They made things ready for this special supper.

The Last Special Supper ^(E)

²⁰ When evening came, Jesus sat with the twelve followers. ²¹ As they were eating, Jesus said, “For sure, I tell you, one of you will hand Me over.” ²² They were very sad. They said to Him one after the other, “Lord, is it I?” ²³ He said, “The one who will hand Me over is the one who has just put his hand with Mine in the dish. ²⁴ The Son of Man is going away as it is written of Him. It is bad for that man who hands the Son of Man over! It would have been better if he had not been born!” ²⁵ Judas was the one who was handing Jesus over. He said, “Teacher, am I the one?” Jesus said to him, “You have said it.”