⁷ Get rid of the old hametz,^[a] so you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened—for Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed.

¹⁹ but with precious blood like that of a lamb without defect or spot, the blood of Messiah.

¹⁷ “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸ No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”

¹⁹ and hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify. Yet on the third day, He will be raised up.”^[a]