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Deuteronomy 22-24; Mark 14:1-26 (Contemporary English Version)

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Deuteronomy 22-24

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Deuteronomy 22

Helping Others
Moses said to Israel:
 1If you see a cow or sheep wandering around lost, take the animal back to its owner. 2If the owner lives too far away, or if you don't know who the owner is, take the animal home with you and take care of it. The owner will come looking for the animal, and then you can give it back. 3That's what you should do if you find anything that belongs to someone else. Do whatever you can to help, whether you find a cow or sheep or donkey or some clothing.

    4Oxen and donkeys that carry heavy loads can stumble and fall, and be unable to get up by themselves. So as you walk along the road, help anyone who is trying to get an ox or donkey back on its feet.

   

Don't Pretend To Be the Opposite Sex
Moses said to Israel:
 5Women must not pretend to be men, and men must not pretend to be women. [a] The LORD your God is disgusted with people who do that.
Don't Take a Mother Bird
Moses said to Israel:
 6-7As you walk along the road, you might see a bird's nest in a tree or on the ground. If the mother bird is in the nest with either her eggs or her baby birds, you are allowed to take the baby birds or the eggs, but not the mother bird. Let her go free, and the LORD will bless you with a long and successful life.

   

Put a Wall around Your Flat Roof
 8If you build a house, make sure to put a low wall around the edge of the flat roof. [b] Then if someone falls off the roof and is killed, it won't be your fault.
Laws against Mixing Different Things
Moses said to Israel:
 9If you plant a vineyard, don't plant any other fruit tree or crop in it. If you do plant something else there, you must bring to the place of worship everything you harvest from the vineyard.

    10Don't hitch an ox and a donkey to your plow at the same time.

    11When you weave cloth for clothing, you can use thread made of flax [c] or wool, but not both together. 12And when you make a coat, sew a tassel on each of the four corners.

When a Husband Accuses His Wife
Moses said to Israel:
 13Suppose a man starts hating his wife soon after they are married. 14He might tell ugly lies about her, and say, " I married this woman, but when we slept together, I found out she wasn't a virgin."

    15If this happens, the bride's father and mother must go to the town gate to show the town leaders the proof that the woman was a virgin. 16Her father will say, " I let my daughter marry this man, but he started hating her 17and accusing her of not being a virgin. But he is wrong, because here is proof that she was a virgin!" Then the bride's parents will show them the bed sheet from the woman's wedding night.

    18The town leaders will beat the man with a whip 19because he accused his bride of not being a virgin. He will have to pay her father one hundred pieces of silver and will never be allowed to divorce her.

    20But if the man was right and there is no proof that his bride was a virgin, 21the men of the town will take the woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death.

   This woman brought evil into your community by sleeping with someone before she got married, and you must get rid of that evil by killing her.

   

Laws about Illegal Sex
Moses said:
 22People of Israel, if a man is caught having sex with someone else's wife, you must put them both to death. That way, you will get rid of the evil they have done in Israel.

    23-24If a man is caught in town having sex with an engaged woman who isn't screaming for help, they both must be put to death. The man is guilty of having sex with a married woman. [d] And the woman is guilty because she didn't call for help, even though she was inside a town and people were nearby. Take them both to the town gate and stone them to death. You must get rid of the evil they brought into your community. 25If an engaged woman is raped out in the country, only the man will be put to death. 26Do not punish the woman at all; she has done nothing wrong, and certainly nothing deserving death. This crime is like murder, 27because the woman was alone out in the country when the man attacked her. She screamed, but there was no one to help her.

    28Suppose a woman isn't engaged to be married, and a man talks her into sleeping with him. If they are caught, 29they will be forced to get married. He must give her father fifty pieces of silver as a bride-price and [e] can never divorce her. 30A man must not marry a woman who was married to his father. This would be a disgrace to his father.

   

Deuteronomy 23

Who Cannot Become One of the LORD's People
Moses said to Israel:
 1If a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off, [f] he cannot fully belong to the LORD's people. 2No one born outside of a legal marriage, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can fully belong to the LORD's people.

    3No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can become part of Israel, the LORD's people. 4This is because when you came out of Egypt, they refused to provide you with food and water. And besides, they hired Balaam [g] to put a curse on you. 5But the LORD your God loves you, so he refused to listen to Balaam and turned Balaam's curse into a blessing. 6Don't even think of signing a peace treaty with Moab or Ammon. 7But Edomites are your relatives, and you lived as foreigners in the country of Egypt. Now you must be kind to Edomites and Egyptians 8and let their great-grandchildren become part of Israel, the LORD's people.

   

Keep the Army Camp Acceptable
Moses said to Israel:
 9When you men go off to fight your enemies, make sure your camp is acceptable to the LORD.

    10For example, if something happens at night that makes a man unclean and unfit for worship, he [h] must go outside the camp and stay there 11until late afternoon. Then he must take a bath, and at sunset he can go back into camp. 12Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area. 13And make sure that you have a small shovel in your equipment. When you go out to the toilet area, use the shovel to dig a hole. Then, after you relieve yourself, bury the waste in the hole. 14You must keep your camp clean of filthy and disgusting things. The LORD is always present in your camp, ready to rescue you and give you victory over your enemies. But if he sees something disgusting in your camp, he may turn around and leave.

   

Runaway Slaves from Other Countries
Moses said:
 15When runaway slaves from other countries come to Israel and ask for protection, you must not hand them back to their owners. 16Instead, you must let them choose which one of your towns they want to live in. Don't be cruel to runaway slaves.

   

Temple Prostitutes
Moses said:
 17People of Israel, don't any of you ever be temple prostitutes. [i] 18The LORD your God is disgusted with men and women who are prostitutes of any kind, and he will not accept a gift from them, even if it had been promised to him.
Interest on Loans
Moses said:
 19When you lend money, food, or anything else to another Israelite, you are not allowed to charge interest. 20You can charge a foreigner interest. But if you charge other Israelites interest, the LORD your God will not let you be successful in the land you are about to take.

   

Sacred Promises to the LORD
Moses said:
 21People of Israel, if you make a sacred promise to give a gift to the LORD, then do it as soon as you can. If the LORD has to come looking for the gift you promised, you will be guilty of breaking that promise. 22On the other hand, if you never make a sacred promise, you can't be guilty of breaking it. 23You must keep whatever promises you make to the LORD. After all, you are the one who chose to make the promises.

   

Eating Someone Else's Produce
 24If you go into a vineyard that belongs to someone else, you are allowed to eat as many grapes as you want while you are there. But don't take any with you when you leave. 25In the same way, if you are in a grain field that belongs to someone else, you can pick heads of grain and eat the kernels. But don't cut down the stalks of grain and take them with you.

   

Deuteronomy 24

A Law about Divorce
Moses said to Israel:
 1Suppose a woman was divorced by her first husband because he found something disgraceful about her. [j] He wrote out divorce papers, gave them to her, and sent her away. 2Later she married another man, 3who then either divorced her in the same way or died. 4Since she has slept with her second husband, she cannot marry her first husband again. Their marriage would pollute the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and he would be disgusted.
Newlyweds
Moses said to Israel:
 5If a man and a woman have been married less than one year, he must not be sent off to war or sent away to do forced labor. He must be allowed to stay home for a year and be happy with his wife.

   

Loans
Moses said to Israel:
 6When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that they will pay back the loan. But don't take one or both of their millstones, or else they may starve. They need these stones for grinding grain into flour to make bread.

   

Kidnapping
Moses said to Israel:
 7If you are guilty of kidnapping Israelites and forcing them into slavery, you will be put to death to remove this evil from the community.

   

Skin Diseases
Moses said to Israel:
 8I have told the priests [k] what to do if any of you have leprosy, [l] so do exactly what they say. 9And remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam [m] after you left Egypt.
Loans
Moses said to Israel:
 10When you lend money to people, you are allowed to keep something of theirs as a guarantee that the money will be paid back. But you must not go into their house to get it. 11Wait outside, and they will bring out the item you have agreed on.

    12Suppose someone is so poor that a coat is the only thing that can be offered as a guarantee on a loan. Don't keep the coat overnight. 13Instead, give it back before sunset, so the owner can keep warm and sleep and ask the LORD to bless you. Then the LORD your God will notice that you have done the right thing.

   

Poor People's Wages
Moses said:
 14If you hire poor people to work for you, don't hold back their pay, [n] whether they are Israelites or foreigners who live in your town. 15Pay them their wages at the end of each day, because they live in poverty and need the money to survive. If you don't pay them on time, they will complain about you to the LORD, and he will punish you.
The Death Penalty
Moses said to Israel:
 16Parents must not be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children must not be put to death for crimes committed by their parents. Don't put anyone to death for someone else's crime.

   

Don't Mistreat the Powerless
Moses said to Israel:
 17Make sure that orphans and foreigners are treated fairly. And if you lend money to a widow and want to keep something of hers to guarantee that she will pay you back, don't take any of her clothes. 18You were slaves in Egypt until the LORD your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.

   

Leave Some of Your Harvest for the Poor
Moses said to Israel:
 19If you forget to bring in a stack of harvested grain, don't go back in the field to get it. Leave it for the poor, including foreigners, orphans, and widows, and the LORD will make you successful in everything you do.

    20When you harvest your olives, don't try to get them all for yourself, but leave some for the poor. 21And when you pick your grapes, go over the vines only once, then let the poor have what is left. 22You lived in poverty as slaves in Egypt until the LORD your God rescued you. That's why I am giving you these laws.

   

Footnotes:
  1. Deuteronomy 22:5 pretend to be men. . . pretend to be women: Or " wear men's clothing. . . wear women's clothing."
  2. Deuteronomy 22:8 flat roof: Houses usually had flat roofs. In hot dry weather, it was cooler on the roof than in the house, and so roofs were used for sleeping and living quarters, and for entertaining guests.
  3. Deuteronomy 22:11 flax: The stalks of flax plants were harvested, soaked in water, and dried, then their fibers were separated and spun into thread, which was woven into linen cloth.
  4. Deuteronomy 22:23 engaged woman. . . married woman: An engaged woman was legally married, but had not yet slept with her husband or started living with him.
  5. Deuteronomy 22:29 talks her into sleeping with him. . . bride-price and: Or " forces her to have sex. 29 Then if they are caught, he will have to marry her. He must give her father fifty pieces of silver as a bride-price and."
  6. Deuteronomy 23:1 a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off: This was sometimes done to show devotion to pagan gods.
  7. Deuteronomy 23:4 Balaam: Hebrew " Balaam son of Beor from Pethor."
  8. Deuteronomy 23:10 if something. . . worship, he: Or " if a man has a flow of semen at night, he is unclean and unfit for worship, and he."
  9. Deuteronomy 23:17 temple prostitutes: Some Canaanites worshiped by going to their temples and having sex with prostitutes that represented their gods.
  10. Deuteronomy 24:1 something disgraceful about her: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  11. Deuteronomy 24:8 the priests: See the note at 17.8-12.
  12. Deuteronomy 24:8 leprosy: The word " leprosy" was used for many different kinds of skin diseases.
  13. Deuteronomy 24:9 what the LORD your God did to Miriam: See Numbers 12.1-16.
  14. Deuteronomy 24:14 don't hold back their pay: The Dead Sea Scrolls; the Standard Hebrew Text " treat them right."

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Mark 14:1-26

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Mark 14

A Plot To Kill Jesus
(Matthew 26.1-5; Luke 22.1,2; John 11.45-53)
 1It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Thin Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were planning how they could sneak around and have Jesus arrested and put to death. 2They were saying, "We must not do it during the festival, because the people will riot."

   

At Bethany
(Matthew 26.6-13; John 12.1-8)
 3Jesus was eating in Bethany at the home of Simon, who once had leprosy, [a] when a woman came in with a very expensive bottle of sweet-smelling perfume. [b] After breaking it open, she poured the perfume on Jesus' head. 4This made some of the guests angry, and they complained, "Why such a waste? 5We could have sold this perfume for more than three hundred silver coins and given the money to the poor!" So they started saying cruel things to the woman.

    6But Jesus said:

   Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me. 7You will always have the poor with you. And whenever you want to, you can give to them. But you won't always have me here with you. 8She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial. 9You may be sure that wherever the good news is told all over the world, people will remember what she has done. And they will tell others.

   

Judas and the Chief Priests
(Matthew 26.14-16; Luke 22.3-6)
 10Judas Iscariot [c] was one of the twelve disciples. He went to the chief priests and offered to help them arrest Jesus. 11They were glad to hear this, and they promised to pay him. So Judas started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.

   

Jesus Eats with His Disciples
(Matthew 26.17-25; Luke 22.7-14,21-23; John 13.21-30)
 12It was the first day of the Festival of Thin Bread, and the Passover lambs were being killed. Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal?"

    13Jesus said to two of the disciples, "Go into the city, where you will meet a man carrying a jar of water. [d] Follow him, 14and when he goes into a house, say to the owner, `Our teacher wants to know if you have a room where he can eat the Passover meal with his disciples.' 15The owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room furnished and ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there."

    16The two disciples went into the city and found everything just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.

    17-18While Jesus and the twelve disciples were eating together that evening, he said, "The one who will betray me is now eating with me."

    19This made the disciples sad, and one after another they said to Jesus, "You surely don't mean me!"

    20He answered, "It is one of you twelve men who is eating from this dish with me. 21The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But it is going to be terrible for the one who betrays me. That man would be better off if he had never been born."

   

The Lord's Supper
(Matthew 26.26-30; Luke 22.14-23; 1 Corinthians 11.23-25)
 22During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this. It is my body."

    23Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He gave it to his disciples, and they all drank some. 24Then he said, "This is my blood, which is poured out for many people, and with it God makes his agreement. 25From now on I will not drink any wine, until I drink new wine in God's kingdom." 26Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

   

Footnotes:
  1. Mark 14:3 leprosy: In biblical times the word "leprosy" was used for many different skin diseases.
  2. Mark 14:3 sweet-smelling perfume: The Greek text has "perfume made of pure spikenard," a plant used to make perfume.
  3. Mark 14:10 Iscariot: See the note at 3.19.
  4. Mark 14:13 a man carrying a jar of water: A male slave carrying water could mean that the family was rich.

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