Old/New Testament
13 “If there arises among you a prophet (or a dreamer of dreams) and he gives you a sign or wonder —
2 “and the sign or the wonder which he has told you comes to be — saying, ‘Let us go after other gods which you have not known. And let us serve them’,
3 “you shall not listen to the words of the prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God tests you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 “You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear Him, and shall keep His Commandments, and obey His Voice. And you shall serve Him and cling to Him.
5 “But that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, he shall be killed, because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God (Who brought you out of the land of Egypt and delivered you out of the house of bondage) to thrust you out of the way in which the LORD your God Commanded you to walk. So shall you take the evil away forth from the midst of you.
6 “If your brother (the son of your mother) or your own son, or your daughter, or the wife in your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods (which you have not known, you nor your fathers)
7 “from the gods of the people who are all around you, near to you or far off from you, from the one end of the Earth to the other,
8 “you shall not yield to him or hear him. Nor shall your eye pity him or show mercy or keep him secret.
9 “But you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and then the hands of the people.
10 “And you shall stone him with stones, so that he dies — because he has gone about to thrust you away from the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage —
11 “and so that all Israel may hear and fear and do no more any such wickedness as this among you.
12 “If you shall hear it said concerning any of your cities which the LORD your God has given you to dwell in,
13 ‘Wicked men have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known’,
14 “Then you shall seek and search and inquire diligently. And if true, and the thing certain that such an abomination has been committed among you,
15 “you shall surely kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword — destroy it utterly and all that is in it, and its cattle — with the edge of the sword.
16 “And you shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its streets and burn the city and all its spoil with fire — every bit —to the LORD your God. And it shall be rubble forever. It shall not be built again.
17 “And nothing of the damned thing shall cling to your hand, so that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His wrath and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you (as He has sworn to your fathers)
18 “when you shall obey the Voice of the LORD your God and keep all His Commandments which I command you this day, that you do that which is right in the Eyes of the LORD your God.”
14 “You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make yourself bald between your eyes for the dead.
2 “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. And the LORD has chosen you to be a precious people to Himself, above all the people who are upon the Earth.
3 “You shall eat no type of abomination.
4 “These are the beasts which you shall eat: beef, sheep, lamb, young goat, female goat,
5 “deer, gazelle, red deer, clean mountain goat, antelope, clean mountain sheep.
6 “And every beast that parts the hoof and divides the cleft into two claws and is of the beasts that chew the cud, that shall you eat.
7 “But these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those that divide and split the hoof — the camel, the hare, the rock badger (for they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof) — they shall be unclean to you.
8 “Also, the swine, because he does not divide the hoof and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their dead carcasses.
9 “These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat.
10 “And whatever has no fins or scales, you shall not eat. It shall be unclean to you.
11 “Of all clean birds you shall eat.
12 “But these are those of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,
13 “the hawk, the falcon, the kite (after their kind),
14 “any kind of raven,
15 “the ostrich, the night crow, the seagull, the hawk (after her kind),
16 “the little owl, the great owl, the chameleon,
17 “the pelican, the carrion vulture, nor the cormorant:
18 “the stork, the heron (in his kind), the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 “And every creeping thing that flies shall be unclean to you. It shall not be eaten.
20 “You may eat of all clean birds.
21 “You shall eat of nothing that dies alone. But you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, so that he may eat it. Or you may sell it to a stranger. For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
22 “You shall give the tithe of all the increase of your seed that comes forth from the field, year by year.
23 “And you shall eat before the LORD your God (in the place which He shall choose to cause His Name to dwell) the tithe of your corn and of your wine and of your oil and of the firstborn of your cattle and of your sheep, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
24 “And if the way is too long for you (so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is far from you where the LORD your God shall choose to set His Name, when the LORD your God shall bless you)
25 “then you shall make it in money and take the money in your hand and go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.
26 “And you shall bestow the money for whatever your heart desires — whether it be ox or sheep or wine or strong drink or whatever your heart desires — and shall eat it there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.
27 “And you shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates. For he has neither part nor inheritance with you.
28 “At the end of three years, you shall bring forth all the tithes of your increase of the same year and lay it up within your gates.
29 “Then, the Levite shall come, because he has no part or inheritance with you or the stranger or the fatherless or the widow who are within your gates. And he shall eat, and be filled, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.”
15 “At the term of seven years, you shall make a release.
2 “And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall cancel the loan of his hand which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not ask for it again from his neighbor, nor from his brother. For the LORD’s release is proclaimed.
3 “You may require it from a stranger. But that which you have with your brother, your hand shall release,
4 “except when there shall be no poor with you. For the LORD shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, to possess it,
5 “so that you obey the Voice of the LORD your God, to observe and do all these Commandments which I command you this day.
6 “For the LORD your God has blessed you, as He has promised you. And you shall lend to many nations. But you yourself shall not borrow. And you shall reign over many nations. And they shall not reign over you.
7 “If one of your brothers with you is poor—within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you—you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
8 “But you shall open your hand to him and shall sufficiently lend to him for his need which he has.
9 “Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, to say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand’, and it grieves you to look on your poor brother. And you give him nothing. And he cries to the LORD against you, so that sin is in you.
10 “You shall give to him. And do not let it grieve your heart to give to him. For because of this the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
11 “Because there shall always be poor in the land. Therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’
12 “If your brother (a Hebrew man) sells himself to you, or a Hebrew woman, and serves you six years, in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
13 “And when you send him out free from you, you shalt not let him go away empty.
14 “You shall give him a liberal reward from your sheep and from your corn and from your wine. You shall give to him from that with which the LORD your God has blessed you.
15 “And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God delivered you. Therefore, I command you this thing today.
16 “And if he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you’, because he loves you and your house and because he does well with you,
17 “then you shall take an awl and pierce his ear through, against the door. And he shall be your servant forever. And you shall do likewise to your maid servant.
18 “Let it not grieve you when you let him go out free from you. For he has served you six years, the double worth of a hired servant, and the LORD your God shall bless you in all that you do.
19 “All the firstborn males that come from your cattle and from your sheep, you shall sanctify to the LORD your God. You shall do no work with your firstborn bullock or shear your firstborn sheep.
20 “You shall eat it before the LORD your God, year by year, in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.
21 “But, if there is any blemish in it (it is lame or blind or has any serious fault), you shall not offer it to the LORD your God,
22 “You shall eat it within your gates, both the unclean and the clean, just as the gazelle and as the deer.
23 “Only, you shall not drink its blood. Poor it upon the ground, as water.”
28 Then came one of the scribes who had heard them disputing together. And perceiving that he had answered them well, he asked him, “Which is the first Commandment of all?
29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the Commandments is, ‘Hear, Israel, The Lord our God is the only Lord.
30 “‘You shall therefore love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first Commandment.
31 “And the second is similar; that is, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other Commandment greater than these.”
32 Then that scribe said to Him, “Well, Master, you have said the truth; that there is one God, and that there is none but He,
33 “And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Then when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask Him any question after that.
35 And Jesus answered and said (teaching in the Temple), “How can the scribes say that Christ is the Son of David?
36 “For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.
37 “Then David himself called him Lord. By what means is He then his son?” And many people heard Him gladly.
38 Moreover He said to them in His doctrine, “Beware of the scribes, who love to go around in long robes and love greetings in the markets,
39 “and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first rooms at feasts.
40 “They devour widows’ houses, even under a color of long prayers. These shall receive the greater damnation.”
41 And as Jesus sat near the treasury, He saw how much money the people cast into the treasury. And many of the rich men cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow. And she threw in two lepta (which make a kodrantes).
43 Then He called His disciples to Him, and said to them, “Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has cast more in than all those who have cast into the treasury.
44 “For they all cast in out of their excess. But she, out of her poverty, cast in all that she had, even all her living.”
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