Old/New Testament
25 And the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When you shall come into the land which I give you, the land shall keep Sabbath to the LORD.
3 ‘Six years you shall sow your field. And six years you shall cut your vineyard and gather its fruit.
4 ‘But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of Rest to the land, the LORD’s Sabbath. You shall neither sow your field nor cut your vineyard.
5 ‘That of your harvest which grows of its own accord you shall not reap. Nor shall you gather the grapes that you have left unlabored. It shall be a year of rest to the land.
6 ‘And the rest of the land shall be food for you, for you and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for the stranger who sojourns with you,
7 ‘and for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land. All of its increase shall be food.
8 ‘Also, you shall count seven Sabbaths of years for yourself (seven times seven years). And the space of the seven Sabbaths of years will be forty nine years to you.
9 ‘Then, on the tenth of the seventh month, you shall cause the Trumpet of the Jubilee to blow. On the Day of the Reconciliation you shall make the Trumpet blow throughout all your land.
10 ‘And you shall hallow that year, the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be the Jubilee to you. And you shall return every man to his possession. And every man shall return to his family.
11 ‘This fiftieth year shall be a year of Jubilee to you. You shall neither sow nor reap that which grows on its own, nor gather the grapes of untended vines.
12 ‘For it is the Jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
13 ‘In the year of this Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession.
14 ‘And when you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.
15 ‘According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of the years of produce, he shall sell to you.
16 ‘According to the multitude of years, you shall increase its price. And according to the fewness of years, you shall lower the price of it. For he sells to you according to the number of the years of produce.
17 ‘Therefore, no one oppress his neighbor. But you shall fear your God. For I am the LORD, your God.
18 ‘Therefore, you shall obey My Ordinances, and keep My Laws and do them. And you shall dwell in the land in safety.
19 ‘And the land shall give her fruit. And you shall eat your fill and dwell there in safety.
20 ‘And if you shall say, “What shall we eat the seventh year, for we shall neither sow nor gather in our increase?”
21 ‘I will send my blessing upon you in the sixth year. And it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
22 ‘And you shall sow the eighth year and eat of the old fruit until the ninth year. Until its produce comes, you shall eat from the old harvest.
23 ‘Also, the land shall not be sold to be cut off. For the land is Mine. You are but strangers and sojourners with Me.
24 ‘Therefore, in all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption of the land.
25 ‘If your brother is impoverished, and sells his possessions, then his redeemer shall come—his near kinsman—and buy out that which his brother sells.
26 ‘And if he has no redeemer, but has become able to buy it out himself,
27 ‘then he shall count the years of his sale and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it. So shall he return to his possession.
28 ‘But if he is not able to restore it to himself, then that which was sold shall remain in the hand of him who had bought it until the year of the Jubilee. And in the Jubilee it shall come out. And he shall return to his possession.
29 ‘Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, he may buy it out again within a whole year after it is sold. Within a year may he buy it out.
30 ‘But, if it is not bought out within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established as “cut off” to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not go out in the Jubilee.
31 ‘But the houses of villages which have no walls around them shall be counted as the fields of the country. They may be bought out again and shall go out in the Jubilee.
32 ‘Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites—the houses of the cities of their possession—the Levites may redeem at all seasons.
33 ‘And if a man purchases from the Levites, the house that was sold and the city of their possession shall go out in the Jubilee. For the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34 ‘But the field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold. For it is their perpetual possession.
35 ‘Moreover, if your brother is impoverished and fallen in decay with you, you shall relieve him. And as a stranger and sojourner, so shall he live with you.
36 ‘You shall take no usury from him, nor interest. But you shall fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
37 ‘You shall not give him your money to usury, nor lend him your provisions for increase.
38 ‘I am the LORD your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.
39 ‘Also, if your brother next to you is impoverished, and is sold to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bond servant.
40 ‘As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you. He shall serve you to the year of Jubilee.
41 ‘Then shall he depart from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his family. And to the possession of his fathers shall he return.
42 ‘For they are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as bondmen are sold.
43 ‘You shall not rule over him cruelly but shall fear your God.
44 ‘Also, your bond servant and your bondmaid whom you shall have shall be from the heathen who are around you. From them you shall buy servants and maids.
45 ‘And moreover, from the children of the strangers who are sojourners among you, from them you shall buy and from their families who are with you (which they begat in your land). These shall be your possession.
46 ‘So you shall take them as inheritance for your children after you, to possess them by inheritance. You shall use their labors forever. But over your brothers, the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with cruelty.
47 ‘If a sojourner or stranger near you gains, and your brother near him is impoverished and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner near you (or to the stock of the stranger’s family),
48 ‘after he is sold, he may be bought out. One of his brothers may buy him out;
49 ‘or his uncle, or his uncle’s son may buy him out; or any of the kindred of his flesh among his family may redeem him; or if he can, he may buy himself out.
50 ‘Then he shall reckon with his buyer from the year that he was sold to him to the year of Jubilee. And the money of his sale shall be according to the number of years. He shall be with him according to the time of a hired servant.
51 ‘If there are many years remaining, shall he give again for his deliverance according to them, from the money with which he was bought.
52 ‘If there remains but few years to the Year of Jubilee, then he shall reckon with him, and according to his years give again for his redemption.
53 ‘He shall be with him, year after year, as a hired servant. He shall not rule cruelly over him in your sight.
54 ‘And if he is not redeemed at this time, he shall go out in the year of Jubilee (he and his children with him).
55 ‘For the children of Israel are servants to Me. They are My servants, whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
23 And there was a man in their Synagogue in whom was an unclean spirit. And he cried out,
24 saying, “Ah, what have we to do with You, O Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know Who You are: even the Holy One of God.”
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Hold your peace, and come out of him.”
26 And the unclean spirit tore at him, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed. And they asked one another, saying, “What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For He commands even the foul spirits with authority, and they obey Him.”
28 And immediately His fame spread throughout all the region bordering on Galilee.
29 And as soon as they had come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 And Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever. And they told Jesus of her.
31 And He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. And the fever left her. And she ministered to them.
32 And when evening came, they brought to Jesus all who were diseased, and those who were possessed with demons.
33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
34 And He healed many who were sick of diverse diseases. And He cast out many demons. But He would not let the demons say that they knew Him.
35 And in the morning, very early, before day, Jesus arose and went out into a solitary place, and prayed there.
36 And Simon, and those who were with Him, carefully followed Him.
37 And when they had found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone seeks you.”
38 Then He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also. For I came out for that purpose.”
39 And He preached in their synagogues, throughout all Galilee, and cast out the demons.
40 And a leper came to Him, begging Him, and kneeling down to Him, saying, “If You will, You can make me clean.”
41 And Jesus had compassion. And put forth His hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I will. Be clean.”
42 And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
43 And after He had given him a straight commandment, He sent him away,
44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone. But go and show yourself to the priest. And offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimonial to them.”
45 But after he left, he began to tell many things, and to proclaim what happened, so that Jesus could no more openly enter the city; but stayed outside the gates, in desert places. And they came to Him from every quarter.
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