The Feast of Unleavened Bread

³ Then Moses said to the people, ^(A)“Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, ^(B)for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. ^(C)No leavened bread shall be eaten. ⁴ Today, in the month of ^(D)Abib, you are going out. ⁵ And when the Lord brings you into ^(E)the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which ^(F)he swore to your fathers to give you, a land ^(G)flowing with milk and honey, ^(H)you shall keep this service in this month. ^6 (I)Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. ⁷ Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. ^8 (J)You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ ⁹ And it shall ^(K)be to you as a sign on your hand and as ^(L)a memorial ^(M)between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. ^10 (N)You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now ^(A)Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,^[a] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ^(B)“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. ^(C)Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ^(D)“Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, ^(E)“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, ^(F)“My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? ^(G)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

^30 (H)Now Jesus did many other signs ^(I)in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31 (J)but these are written so that you may ^(K)believe that Jesus is the Christ, ^(L)the Son of God, and that by believing ^(M)you may have life ^(N)in his name.