²² “‘When you reap the harvest^(A) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.^(B) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.^(C) I am the Lord your God.’”

The Festival of Trumpets^(D)

²³ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly^(E) commemorated with trumpet blasts.^{(F) 25} Do no regular work,^(G) but present a food offering to the Lord.^(H)’”

The Day of Atonement^(I)

²⁶ The Lord said to Moses, ²⁷ “The tenth day of this seventh month^(J) is the Day of Atonement.^(K) Hold a sacred assembly^(L) and deny yourselves,^[a] and present a food offering to the Lord. ²⁸ Do not do any work^(M) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. ²⁹ Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.^{(N) 30} I will destroy from among their people^(O) anyone who does any work on that day. ³¹ You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(P) for the generations to come, wherever you live. ³² It is a day of sabbath rest^(Q) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”^(R)

The Festival of Tabernacles^(S)

³³ The Lord said to Moses, ³⁴ “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh^(T) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles^(U) begins, and it lasts for seven days. ³⁵ The first day is a sacred assembly;^(V) do no regular work.^{(W) 36} For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly^(X) and present a food offering to the Lord.^(Y) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

³⁷ (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings^(Z) required for each day. ³⁸ These offerings^(AA) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths^(AB) and^[b] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings^(AC) you give to the Lord.)

³⁹ “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival^(AD) to the Lord for seven days;^(AE) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. ⁴⁰ On the first day you are to take branches^(AF) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees^(AG)—and rejoice^(AH) before the Lord your God for seven days. ⁴¹ Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. ⁴² Live in temporary shelters^(AI) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters ⁴³ so your descendants will know^(AJ) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

⁴⁴ So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

Psalm 30^[a]

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.^[b] Of David.

¹¹ The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.^{(A) 12} He sighed deeply^(B) and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.” ¹³ Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod

¹⁴ The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. ¹⁵ “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast^(C) of the Pharisees^(D) and that of Herod.”^(E)

¹⁶ They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?^{(F) 18} Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? ¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

“Twelve,”^(G) they replied.

²⁰ “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

They answered, “Seven.”^(H)

²¹ He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”^(I)