The Law of Sin Offerings

4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins ^(A)unintentionally in any of the ^[a]things which the Lord has ^(B)commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, ^3 (C)if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then he is to offer to the Lord a ^[b]bull without defect as a sin offering for his sin which he has ^[c]committed. ⁴ He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, and ^(D)he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slaughter the bull before the Lord. ⁵ Then the ^(E)anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, ⁶ and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of ^(F)the veil of the sanctuary. ⁷ The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of ^(G)the altar of fragrant incense which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ⁸ And ^(H)he shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, ⁹ and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the ^[d]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove ^(I)with the kidneys ¹⁰ (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings); and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. ¹¹ But ^(J)the hide of the bull and all its flesh, along with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its refuse, ^12 [e]that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to ^(K)a clean place outside the camp where the fatty ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the fatty ashes are poured out it shall be burned.

¹³ ‘^(L)Now if the entire congregation of Israel does wrong unintentionally and the matter ^[f]escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the ^[g]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty; ^14 (M)when the sin ^[h]which they have ^[i]committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer ^(N)a ^[j]bull of the herd as a sin offering and bring it in front of the tent of meeting. ¹⁵ Then ^(O)the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered ^(P)before the Lord. ¹⁶ Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting; ¹⁷ and ^(Q)the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil. ¹⁸ He shall then put some of the blood on the horns of ^(R)the altar which is before the Lord ^[k]in the tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. ¹⁹ And ^(S)he shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar. ²⁰ He shall also do with the bull just as he did with ^(T)the bull of the sin offering; he shall do the same with it. So ^(U)the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. ²¹ Then he is to bring the bull out to a place outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull; it is ^(V)the sin offering for the assembly.

²² ‘When ^(W)a leader ^(X)sins and unintentionally does any of ^[l]the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty, ^23 [m](Y)if his sin ^[n]which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a ^[o](Z)goat, ^(AA)a male without defect. ²⁴ And he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. ²⁵ Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on ^(AB)the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. ²⁶ And he shall offer ^(AC)all its fat up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So ^(AD)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin, and he will be forgiven.

²⁷ ‘Now if ^[p]anyone of the ^[q]common people sins ^(AE)unintentionally by doing any of the ^[r]things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, ^28 [s](AF)if his sin which he has ^[t]committed is made known to him, then he shall bring as his offering a ^[u](AG)goat, a ^(AH)female without defect, for his sin which he has ^[v]committed. ²⁹ And ^(AI)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and ^(AJ)slaughter the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. ³⁰ The priest shall then take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of ^(AK)the altar of burnt offering; and ^(AL)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ^31 (AM)Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as ^(AN)a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for him, ^[w]and he will be forgiven.

³² ‘But if he brings ^(AO)a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect. ³³ And ^(AP)he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering ^(AQ)in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering. ³⁴ And the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of ^(AR)the altar of burnt offering, and ^(AS)all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. ³⁵ Then he shall remove ^(AT)all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer ^[x]it up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the Lord. So ^(AU)the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin which he has ^[y]committed, and he will be forgiven.

The Law of Guilt Offerings

5 ‘Now if a person sins after he hears a ^[z]public ^(AV)order to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his punishment. ² Or if a person touches ^(AW)any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. ³ Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty. ⁴ Or if a person ^(AX)swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter people speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty of one of these things. ⁵ So it shall be when he becomes guilty of one of these things, that he shall ^(AY)confess that in which he has sinned. ⁶ He shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has ^[aa]committed, ^(AZ)a female from the flock, a lamb or a ^[ab]goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

⁷ ‘But if ^[ac]he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young doves, ^(BA)one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. ⁸ He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer that which is for the sin offering, and shall pinch off its head at the front of its neck, but he ^(BB)shall not sever it. ⁹ He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering ^(BC)on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out ^(BD)at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering. ¹⁰ The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering ^(BE)according to the ordinance. ^(BF)So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has ^[ad]committed, and it will be forgiven him.

¹¹ ‘But ^(BG)if his ^[ae]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young doves, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ^[af]ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; ^(BH)he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering. ¹² He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, ^[ag]with the offerings of the Lord by fire: it is a sin offering. ¹³ So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has ^[ah]committed from ^(BI)one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then ^(BJ)the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

¹⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹⁵ “^(BK)If a person acts unfaithfully and sins ^(BL)unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his ^(BM)guilt offering to the Lord: ^(BN)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment in silver by shekels, in terms of the ^(BO)shekel of the sanctuary, as a guilt offering. ¹⁶ And ^(BP)he shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. ^(BQ)The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

¹⁷ “Now if a person sins and does any of the things ^[ai]which the Lord has commanded not to be done, ^(BR)though he was unaware, he is still guilty and shall bear his punishment. ¹⁸ He is then to bring to the priest ^(BS)a ram without defect from the flock, according to your assessment, as a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he committed ^(BT)unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the Lord.”

¹³ And He went out again by the seashore; and ^(A)all the ^[a]people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

Levi (Matthew) Called

^14 (B)As He passed by, He saw ^[b](C)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “^(D)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

¹⁵ And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and ^[c]sinners were ^[d]dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. ¹⁶ When ^(E)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the ^[e]sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “^(F)Why is He eating with tax collectors and ^[f]sinners?” ¹⁷ And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “^(G)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

^18 (H)John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, ^[g]the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ But the ^(I)days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.

²¹ “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, ^[h]the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins.”

Question of the Sabbath

^23 (J)And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while ^(K)picking the heads of grain. ²⁴ The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, ^(L)why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ²⁵ And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; ²⁶ how he entered the house of God in the ^[i]time of ^(M)Abiathar the high priest, and ate the ^[j]consecrated bread, which ^(N)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” ²⁷ Jesus said to them, “^(O)The Sabbath ^[k]was made ^[l]for man, and ^(P)not man ^[m]for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

3 ^(Q)He ^(R)entered a synagogue again; and a man was there whose hand was withered. ² And ^(S)they were watching Him ^[n]closely to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, ^(T)so that they might accuse Him. ³ He *said to the man with the withered hand, “^[o]Get up and come forward!” ⁴ And He *said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they kept silent. ⁵ After ^(U)looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ The Pharisees went out and immediately began ^[p]conspiring with the ^(V)Herodians against Him, as to how they might put Him to death.

Wickedness of Humanity and Goodness of God.

For the music director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.

Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked

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