Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²³ and he commanded the clouds of above and opened the doors of the heavens

²⁴ and caused manna to rain upon them to eat and gave them wheat of the heavens.

²⁵ Man did eat the food of the strong; he sent them food to the full.

²⁶ He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by his power he brought in the south wind.

²⁷ He rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹ So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire;

³ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD has brought you out of here with a strong hand; therefore, ye shall not eat with leaven.

⁴ This day ye came out in the month Abib.

⁵ And when the LORD shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt do this service in this month.

⁶ Thou shalt eat without leaven for seven days, and the seventh day shall be a feast unto the LORD.

⁷ Bread without leaven shall be eaten the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shall there be any leaven in all thy borders.

⁸ And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when he brought me out of Egypt.

⁹ And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand and for a memorial before thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought thee out of Egypt.

¹⁰ Thou shalt, therefore, keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

⁵ ¶ And when his disciples were coming from the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

⁸ Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves that ye have brought no bread?

⁹ Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

¹⁰ Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

¹¹ How is it that ye do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread that ye should keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

¹² Then they understood that he bade them not to keep themselves from the leaven of bread, but from the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.