Exodus 12:43-51 and Mark 9:38-50 (NLT)

Exodus 12:43-51
Instructions for the Passover

43  Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal. 

44  But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised. 

45  Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it. 

46  Each Passover lamb must be eaten in one house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not break any of its bones. 

47  The whole community of Israel must celebrate this Passover festival.

48  “If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, let all their males be circumcised. Only then may they celebrate the Passover with you like any native-born Israelite. But no uncircumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal.

49  This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.”

50  So all the people of Israel followed all the Lord’s commands to Moses and Aaron. 

51  On that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.

Mark  9:38-41
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us

38  John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn’t in our group.”

39  “Don’t stop him!” Jesus said. “No one who performs a miracle in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me. 

40  Anyone who is not against us is for us. 

41  If anyone gives you even a cup of water because you belong to the Messiah, I tell you the truth, that person will surely be rewarded.

42  “But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck. 
43-44  If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands. 
45-46  If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet. 
47  And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 
48  ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’
49  “For everyone will be tested with fire. 
50  Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other.”