³⁷ Now the ^(A)sons of Israel journeyed from ^(B)Rameses to Succoth, about ^(C)six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. ³⁸ A ^(D)mixed multitude also went up with them, ^[a]along with flocks and herds, a ^(E)very large number of livestock. ³⁹ And they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had no yeast, since they were ^(F)driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they ^[b]prepared any provisions for themselves.

⁴⁰ Now the time ^[c]that the sons of Israel had lived in Egypt was ^(G)430 years. ⁴¹ And at the end of 430 years, on ^(H)this very day, ^(I)all the ^[d]multitudes of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.

Ordinance of the Passover

^42 (J)It is a night ^[e]to be observed for the Lord, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for the Lord, ^[f]to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

⁴³ And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of ^(K)the Passover: no ^[g](L)foreigner is to eat it; ⁴⁴ but as for every ^(M)slave ^[h]that someone has purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. ^45 (N)A stranger or a hired worker shall not eat it. ⁴⁶ It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring any of the meat outside of the house, ^(O)nor are you to break any bone of it. ^47 (P)All the congregation of Israel are to ^[i]celebrate this. ⁴⁸ But ^(Q)if a stranger resides with you and ^[j]celebrates the Passover to the Lord, all of his males are to be circumcised, and then he shall come near to ^[k]celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised male may eat it. ^49 [l](R)The same law shall ^[m]apply to the native as to the stranger who resides among you.”

⁵⁰ Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ And on that very day ^(S)the Lord brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt ^(T)according to their ^[n]multitudes.

²⁷ And at this point His ^(A)disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What are You seeking?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and *said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(B)who told me all the things that I have done; ^(C)this is not the ^[a]Christ, is He?” ³⁰ They left the city and were coming to Him.

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “^(D)Rabbi, eat something.” ³² But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” ³³ So the ^(E)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” ³⁴ Jesus *said to them, “My food is to ^(F)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to ^(G)accomplish His work. ³⁵ Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white ^(H)for harvest. ³⁶ Already the one who reaps is receiving ^(I)wages and is gathering ^(J)fruit for ^(K)eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. ³⁷ For in this case the saying is true: ‘^(L)One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have ^[b]come into their labor.”

The Samaritans

³⁹ Now from ^(M)that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “^(N)He told me all the things that I have done.” ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to ^[c]Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. ⁴¹ Many more believed because of His word; ⁴² and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One truly is ^(O)the Savior of the world.”

⁴³ And after ^(P)the two days, He departed from there for Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that ^(Q)a prophet has no honor in his own country. ⁴⁵ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, only because ^(R)they had seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.

Healing an Official’s Son

⁴⁶ Therefore He came again to ^(S)Cana of Galilee, ^(T)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at ^(U)Capernaum. ⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come ^(V)from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see ^[d](W)signs and ^(X)wonders, you simply will not believe.” ⁴⁹ The royal official *said to Him, “^[e]Sir, come down before my child dies.” ⁵⁰ Jesus *said to him, “^(Y)Go; your son ^[f]is alive.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home. ⁵¹ And as he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his ^[g]son was ^[h]alive. ⁵² So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the ^[i]seventh hour the fever left him.” ⁵³ So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son is alive”; and he himself believed, and ^(Z)his entire household. ⁵⁴ This is again a ^(AA)second ^[j]sign that Jesus performed when He had ^(AB)come from Judea into Galilee.

13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(A)Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the firstborn of every womb among the sons of Israel, among people and animals alike; it belongs to Me.”

³ And Moses said to the people, “^(B)Remember this day in which you departed from Egypt, from the house of ^[a]slavery; for ^(C)by ^[b]a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. ^(D)And nothing with yeast shall be eaten. ⁴ On this day in the ^(E)month of Abib, you are about to go out from here. ⁵ And it shall be when the Lord ^(F)brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which ^(G)He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, ^(H)that you shall ^[c]perform this rite in this month. ⁶ For ^(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 throughout the seven days; and ^(J)nothing with yeast shall ^[d]be seen among you, nor shall any dough with yeast ^[e]be seen among you in all your borders. ⁸ And ^(K)you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ ⁹ And ^(L)it shall ^[f]serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder ^[g]on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with ^(M)a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. ¹⁰ Therefore, you shall ^(N)keep this ordinance at its appointed time from ^[h]year to year.

¹¹ “Now when ^(O)the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as ^(P)He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, ^12 (Q)you shall ^[i]devote to the Lord every firstborn of a womb, and every firstborn offspring of an animal that you own; the males belong to the Lord. ¹³ But ^(R)every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and ^(S)every ^[j]firstborn among your sons you shall redeem. ^14 (T)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘^(U)With ^[k]a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of ^[l]slavery. ¹⁵ And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the ^(V)Lord put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ ¹⁶ So ^(W)it shall ^[m]serve as a sign on your hand and as ^[n]phylacteries ^[o]on your forehead, for with ^[p]a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”

Paul’s Stewardship

3 For this reason I, Paul, ^(A)the prisoner of ^(B)Christ Jesus ^(C)for the sake of you ^(D)Gentiles— ² if indeed you have heard of the ^(E)administration of God’s grace which was given to me for you; ^3 (F)that ^(G)by revelation there was ^(H)made known to me ^(I)the mystery, ^(J)as I wrote before briefly. ^4 [a]By referring to this, when you read you can understand ^(K)my insight ^[b]into the ^(L)mystery of Christ, ⁵ which in other generations was not made known to ^[c]mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy ^(M)apostles and prophets ^[d]in the Spirit; ⁶ to be specific, that the Gentiles are ^(N)fellow heirs and ^(O)fellow members of the body, and ^(P)fellow partakers of the promise in ^(Q)Christ Jesus through the gospel, ^7 (R)of which I was made a ^(S)minister, according to the gift of ^(T)God’s grace which was given to me ^(U)according to the working of His power. ⁸ To me, ^(V)the very least of all ^[e]saints, this grace was given, to ^(W)preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable ^(X)riches of Christ, ⁹ and to ^[f]enlighten all people as to what the plan of the ^(Y)mystery is which for ages has been ^(Z)hidden in God, ^(AA)who created all things; ¹⁰ so that the multifaceted ^(AB)wisdom of God might now be ^(AC)made known through the church to the ^(AD)rulers and the authorities in ^(AE)the heavenly places. ¹¹ This was in ^(AF)accordance with the ^[g]eternal purpose which He ^[h]carried out in ^(AG)Christ Jesus our Lord, ¹² in whom we have boldness and ^[i](AH)confident ^(AI)access through faith ^[j]in Him. ¹³ Therefore I ask ^[k]you not ^(AJ)to become discouraged about my tribulations ^(AK)in your behalf, ^[l]since they are your glory.

¹⁴ For this reason I ^(AL)bend my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom ^[m]every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, ¹⁶ that He would grant you, according to ^(AM)the riches of His glory, to be ^(AN)strengthened with power through His Spirit in ^(AO)the inner ^[n]self, ¹⁷ so that ^(AP)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being ^(AQ)rooted and ^(AR)grounded in love, ¹⁸ may be able to comprehend with ^(AS)all the ^[o]saints what is ^(AT)the width and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know ^(AU)the love of Christ which ^(AV)surpasses knowledge, that you may be ^(AW)filled to all the ^(AX)fullness of God.

^20 (AY)Now to Him who is ^(AZ)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, ^(BA)according to the power that works within us, ^21 (BB)to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations ^[p]forever and ever. Amen.