Old/New Testament
21 “Now, these are the laws which you shall set before them:
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh, he shall go out free, for nothing.
3 “If he came by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 “If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s. But he shall go out by himself.
5 “But, if the servant says this: ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, I will not go out free,’
6 “then his master shall bring him to the judges and bring him to the door (or to the post) and his master shall pierce his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
7 “Likewise, if a man sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 “If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he has deceived her.
9 “But, if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of the daughters.
10 “If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.
11 “And if he does not do these three things for her, then she shall go out free, paying no money.
12 “He who strikes a man, and he dies, shall die the death.
13 “But, if a man did not lie in wait, but God offered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place where he shall flee.
14 “But, if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with craftiness, you shalt take him from My altar, so that he may die.
15 “Also, he who strikes his father or his mother, shall die the death.
16 “And, he who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found with him, shall die the death.
17 “And, he who curses his father or his mother, shall die the death.
18 “Also, when men strive together and one strikes another with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but is bedridden,
19 “if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay his charges for his idle time and shall pay for his healing.
20 “And if a man strikes his servant (or his maid) with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 “But, if he endures for a day, or two days, he shall not be punished. For he is his money.
22 “Also, if men strive and hurt a woman with child, so that her child departs from her, but death does not follow, he shall surely be punished according to the woman’s husband’s demands, or he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 “But, if death does follow, then you shall pay life for life,
24 “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 “burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “And if a man strikes his servant in the eye, or his maid in the eye, and has destroyed it, he shall let him go free because of his eye.
27 “Also, if he knocks out his servant’s tooth, or his maid’s tooth, he shall let him go out free because of his tooth.
28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman so that he dies, the ox shall be stoned to death and his flesh shall not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.
29 If the ox was known to push in times past and it has been told to his master and he has not controlled him. And if afterward, he kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned; and his owner shall die also.
30 “If a sum of money is imposed upon him, then he shall pay the ransom for his life, whatever shall be laid upon him.
31 “Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, it shall be judged in the same manner.
32 “If the ox gores a servant or a maid, he shall give their master thirty shekels of silver; and the ox shall be stoned.
33 “And when a man opens a well (or when he digs a pit) and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls therein,
34 “the owner of the pit shall make it good, giving money to the owner thereof. And the dead beast shall become his.
35 “And if a man’s ox hurts his neighbor’s ox, so that he dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money thereof; and they shall also divide the dead ox.
36 “Or if it is known that the ox tended to push in times past, and his master has not controlled him, he shall pay ox for ox; but the dead shall become his own.”
22 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.
2 “If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, no blood shall be shed because of him.
3 “But, if a thief is found in the daylight, blood shall be shed because of him. He should make full restitution. If he does not have it, then he should be sold for his theft.
4 “If the theft is found with him alive, (whether ox, donkey, or sheep) he shall restore it double.5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed and puts in his beast to feed in another man’s field, he shall repay from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
6 “If fire breaks out and spreads to the thorns and the stacks of corn (or the standing corn) or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall make full restitution.
7 “If a man gives his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of his house, if the thief be found, he shall pay double.
8 “If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to determine whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.
9 “In all types of trespass, whether it is for oxen, for donkeys, for sheep, for clothing, or for any type of lost thing which another claims to be his, the cause of both shall come before the judges. Whomever the judges condemn shall pay double to the neighbor.
10 “If a man gives his donkey, or ox, or sheep, or any beast, to his neighbor to keep and it dies (or is hurt, or taken away by enemies) and no one sees it,
11 “an oath of the LORD shall be between the two of them that he has not put his hand into his neighbor’s goods. And the owner of it shall take the oath; and he shall not seek restitution.
12 “But, if it is stolen from the neighbor, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.
13 “If it is torn to pieces, he shall bring evidence and shall not be required to make restitution for that which was devoured.
14 “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is injured or dies, and the owner thereof is not there, he shall surely make restitution.
15 “If the owner thereof is there, he shall not make restitution. For if it is a hired thing, it came for its hire.
16 “And if a man entices a maid who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall endow her and take her as his wife.
17 “If her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
18 “You shall not allow a witch to live.
19 “Whoever lies with an animal, shall die the death.
20 “He who offers to any god other than the LORD alone, shall be designated for destruction.
21 “Moreover, you shall not do injury to a stranger, nor oppress him. For you were both strangers in the land of Egypt.
22 “You shall not trouble any widow or fatherless child.
23 “If you afflict or trouble such, so that he calls and cries to Me, I will surely hear his cry.
24 “Then, My wrath be shall kindled; and I will kill you with the sword. And your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 “If you lend money to My people who are poor among you, you shall not be as a moneylender to him. You shall not oppress him with usury.
26 “If you take your neighbor’s clothing as a pledge, you shall restore it to him before the Sun goes down.
27 “For that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. In what shall he sleep? Therefore, when he cries to Me, I will hear him. For I am merciful.
28 “You shall not revile the judges, nor speak evil of the ruler of your people.
29 “You shall not hold back your abundance or your liquor. You shall give Me the firstborn of your sons.
30 “You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. For seven days it shall be with its mother, and the eighth day you shall give it to Me.
31 “You shall be a holy people to Me. You shall not eat any flesh that has been torn by beasts in the field. You shall cast it to the dog.”
19 And it happened that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee, and came into the region of Judea beyond Jordan.
2 And great multitudes followed Him. And He healed them there.
3 Then the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife upon every occasion?”
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them at the beginning, made them male and female;
5 “and said, ‘For this reason, a man shall leave father and mother, and cling to his wife. And those who were two, shall be one flesh?’
6 “Therefore, they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore, do not let man separate that which God has coupled together.”
7 They said to Him, “Why, then, did Moses command to give a Bill of Divorcement, and to send her away?”
8 He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not so.
9 “Therefore, I say to you that whoever shall divorce his wife and marry another, unless it is for promiscuity, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorcee ́, commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to Him, “If it is so between man and wife, it is not good to marry.”
11 But He said to them, “All men cannot receive this thing. Only those to whom it is given.
12 “For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s belly. And there are some eunuchs who are gelded by men. And there be some eunuchs who have gelded themselves for the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who is able to receive this, let him receive it.”
13 Then little children were brought to Him, so that He could put hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, “Allow the little children! And do not forbid them to come to Me! For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
15 And when He had put His hands on them, He departed from there.
16 And behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Master, what good thing shall I do, so that I may have eternal life?
17 And He said to him, “Why did you call me good? There is no one good, but One, even God. But if you wish to enter into Life, keep the Commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “These: ‘You shall not kill’. ‘You shall not commit adultery’. ‘You shall not steal’. ‘You shall not bear false witness’.
19 “‘Honor your father and mother’. And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself’.”
20 The young man said to Him, “I have observed all these things from my youth. “What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go. Sell what you have and give it to the poor. And you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come and follow Me.”
22 And when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful. For he had great possessions.
23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you that a rich man shall not easily enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
24 “And again I say to you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
25 And when His disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
26 And Jesus looked at them, and said to them, “With man this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.”
27 Then Peter answered, and said to Him, “Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed You. What, therefore, shall we have?”
28 And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of His Majesty, you who followed Me in the new birth shall also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 “And whoever shall forsake houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My Name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold more, and shall inherit everlasting life.
30 “But many that are first, shall be last. And the last shall be first.
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