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Laws of Holiness
19 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy(A) because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.(B)
3 “Each of you is to respect his mother and father.(C) You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God. 4 Do not turn to idols(D) or make cast images(E) of gods for yourselves;(F) I am Yahweh your God.
5 “When you offer a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. 6 It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned up.(G) 7 If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.(H) 8 Anyone who eats it will bear his punishment, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person must be cut off from his people.(I)
9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings(J) of your harvest. 10 You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor(K) and the foreign resident;(L) I am Yahweh your God.
11 “You must not steal.(M) You must not act deceptively(N) or lie(O) to one another. 12 You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God;(P) I am Yahweh.
13 “You must not oppress(Q) your neighbor or rob(R) him. The wages due a hired hand(S) must not remain with you until morning. 14 You must not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind,(T) but you are to fear your God;(U) I am Yahweh.(V)
15 “You must not act unjustly(W) when deciding a case. Do not be partial(X) to the poor or give preference to the rich;(Y) judge your neighbor fairly. 16 You must not go about spreading slander(Z) among your people; you must not jeopardize[a] your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.
17 “You must not harbor hatred against your brother.[b](AA) Rebuke your neighbor directly, and you will not incur guilt because of him.(AB) 18 Do not take revenge(AC) or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself;(AD) I am Yahweh.
19 “You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.(AE)
20 “If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman who is a slave designated for another man, but she has not been redeemed(AF) or given her freedom, there must be punishment.[c] They are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. 21 However, he must bring a ram as his restitution offering to the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(AG) 22 The priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord with the ram of the restitution offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven for the sin he committed.
23 “When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden.[d] It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering(AH) to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you;(AI) I am Yahweh your God.
26 “You are not to eat anything with blood in it.[e](AJ) You are not to practice divination(AK) or sorcery.(AL) 27 You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.(AM) 28 You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead(AN) or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.
29 “Do not debase[f](AO) your daughter by making her a prostitute,(AP) or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity. 30 You must keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary;(AQ) I am Yahweh.
31 “Do not turn to mediums[g](AR) or consult spiritists,[h](AS) or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.
32 “You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old.(AT) Fear your God; I am Yahweh.
33 “When a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress(AU) him. 34 You must regard the foreigner who lives with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself,(AV) for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt;(AW) I am Yahweh your God.
35 “You must not be unfair(AX) in measurements of length, weight, or volume. 36 You are to have honest balances,(AY) honest weights, an honest dry measure,[i] and an honest liquid measure;[j](AZ) I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am Yahweh.”
Molech Worship and Spiritism
20 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech(BA) must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.(BB) 3 I will turn[k] against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling My sanctuary(BC) and profaning My holy name.(BD) 4 But if the people of the country look the other way when that man[l] gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, 5 then I will turn[m] against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow[n] him in prostituting(BE) themselves with Molech.
6 “Whoever turns to mediums[o](BF) or spiritists[p] and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn[q] against that person and cut him off from his people. 7 Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. 8 Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart.
Family and Sexual Offenses
9 “If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(BG) He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.[r]
10 If a man commits adultery(BH) with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father.(BI) Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.[s] 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,(BJ) both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands.[t] 13 If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman,(BK) they have both committed a detestable thing.(BL) They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.[u] 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother,(BM) it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned with fire,(BN) so that there will be no depravity among you. 15 If a man has sexual intercourse with[v] an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. 16 If a woman comes near any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.(BO) They must be put to death; their own blood is on them. 17 If a man marries his sister,(BP) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,[w](BQ) it is a disgrace.(BR) They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment. 18 If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood.(BS) Both of them must be cut off from their people. 19 You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,(BT) for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their punishment. 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has shamed his uncle;(BU) they will bear their guilt and die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.(BV) He has shamed his brother;(BW) they will be childless.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
11 The(A) Pharisees(B) came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign(C) from heaven(D) to test(E) Him. 12 But sighing deeply in His spirit,(F) He said, “Why does this generation(G) demand a sign? I assure you:(H) No sign will be given to this generation!” 13 Then He left them, got on board the boat again, and went to the other side.
14 They had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then(I) He commanded them: “Watch out! Beware of the yeast(J) of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”(K)
16 They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. 17 Aware of this, He said to them, “Why are you discussing that you do not have any bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Is your heart hardened?(L) 18 Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear?(M)[a] And do you not remember?(N) 19 When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”
“Twelve,” they told Him.
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”
“Seven,” they said.
21 And He said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?”(O)
Healing a Blind Man
22 Then they came to Bethsaida.(P) They brought a blind(Q) man to Him and begged Him to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting(R) on his eyes and laying His hands on(S) him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people—they look to me like trees walking.”(T)
25 Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly. 26 Then He sent(U) him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”[b](V)
Peter’s Confession of the Messiah
27 Jesus(W) went out with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
28 They answered Him, “John the Baptist;(X) others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”(Y)
29 “But you,” He asked them again, “who do you say that I am?”
Peter(Z) answered Him, “You are the Messiah!”(AA)
30 And He strictly warned(AB) them to tell no one about Him.
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
31 Then(AC) He began to teach them that the Son of Man(AD) must suffer many things and be rejected(AE) by the elders,(AF) the chief priests, and the scribes,(AG) be killed, and rise(AH) after three days.(AI) 32 He was openly talking about this. So Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
33 But turning around and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan,(AJ) because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns,[c] but man’s!”
Take Up Your Cross
34 Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself,(AK) take up his cross,(AL) and follow Me.(AM) 35 For whoever wants to save(AN) his life will lose it,(AO) but whoever loses(AP) his life(AQ) because of Me(AR) and the gospel(AS) will save it.(AT) 36 For what does it benefit(AU) a man to gain(AV) the whole world(AW) yet lose(AX) his life?(AY) 37 What can a man give in exchange for his life?(AZ) 38 For whoever is ashamed(BA) of Me and of My words(BB) in this adulterous and sinful(BC) generation,(BD) the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory(BE) of His Father(BF) with the holy(BG) angels.”(BH)
BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.(A)
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?(B)
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”(C)
4 I remember this as I pour out my heart:(D)
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.(E)
5 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.(F)
6 I[a] am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.(G)
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.(H)
8 The Lord will send His faithful love by day;(I)
His song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God, my rock,(J)
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”(K)
10 My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”(L)
11 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.(M)
17 The one who follows instruction is on the path to life,
but the one who rejects correction goes astray.(A)
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