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Leviticus 11

Clean and Unclean Food

    ² Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:

    ³ You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

    ⁴ 'There are some that only chew the cud or only have a split hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you.

    ⁵ The coney, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

    ⁶ The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.

    ⁷ And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

    ⁸ You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

    ⁹ 'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams, you may eat any that have fins and scales.

    ¹⁰ But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales— whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water— you are to detest.

    ¹¹ And since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you must detest their carcasses.

    ¹² Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be detestable to you.

    ¹³ 'These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

    ¹⁴ the red kite, any kind of black kite,

    ¹⁵ any kind of raven,

    ¹⁶ the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

    ¹⁷ the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

    ¹⁸ the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

    ¹⁹ the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

    ²⁰ 'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

    ²¹ There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

    ²² Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

    ²³ But all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.

    ²⁴ 'You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.

    ²⁵ Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.

    ²⁶ 'Every animal that has a split hoof not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean.

    ²⁷ Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening.

    ²⁸ Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. They are unclean for you.

    ²⁹ 'Of the animals that move about on the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

    ³⁰ the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon.

    ³¹ Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

    ³² When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.

    ³³ If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.

    ³⁴ Any food that could be eaten but has water on it from such a pot is unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk from it is unclean.

    ³⁵ Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.

    ³⁶ A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.

    ³⁷ If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean.

    ³⁸ But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

    ³⁹ 'If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean till evening.

    ⁴⁰ Anyone who eats some of the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.

    ⁴¹ 'Every creature that moves about on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.

    ⁴² You are not to eat any creature that moves about on the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is detestable.

    ⁴³ Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.

    ⁴⁴ I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.

    ⁴⁵ I am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

    ⁴⁶ 'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground.

    ⁴⁷ You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'

Leviticus 12

Purification After Childbirth

    ² Say to the Israelites: 'A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.

    ³ On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.

    ⁴ Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

    ⁵ If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding.

    ⁶ 'When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.

    ⁷ He shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.'These are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

    ⁸ If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'

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Matthew 26

The Plot Against Jesus

    ² As you know, the Passover is two days away— and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.

    ³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

    ⁴ and they plotted to arrest Jesus in some sly way and kill him.

    ⁵ But not during the Feast, they said, or there may be a riot among the people.

Jesus Anointed at Bethany

    ⁷ a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

    ⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. Why this waste? they asked.

    ⁹ This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.

    ¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

    ¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.

    ¹² When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

    ¹³ I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

    ¹⁵ and asked, What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you? So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.

    ¹⁶ From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

The Lord's Supper

    ¹⁸ He replied, Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.'

    ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

    ²⁰ When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

    ²¹ And while they were eating, he said, I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.

    ²² They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, Surely not I, Lord?

    ²³ Jesus replied, The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

    ²⁴ The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.

    ²⁵ Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, Surely not I, Rabbi? Jesus answered, Yes, it is you.