Leviticus 13:29-46 and Luke 17:1-10 (GWT)

Leviticus 13:29-46
Regulations About Infectious Skin Diseases

29  “If a man or a woman has some disease on the head or chin, 
30  the priest will examine the disease. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and there is thin yellow hair on it, the priest must declare the person unclean. It is a scab, a disease on the head or the chin. 
31  But if the priest examines the scabby disease and it does not look deeper than the rest of the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest must put the person with the scabby disease in isolation for seven days.
32  On the seventh day the priest will examine the disease. If the scab has not spread, there is no yellow hair on it, and the scab does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, 
33  the person will shave everything except the scab. The priest will put the person with the scab in isolation for another seven days. 
34  On the seventh day the priest will examine the scab again. If the scab has not spread on the skin and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, the priest must declare him clean. When he has washed his clothes, he will be clean. 
35  But if the scab spreads after the person has been declared clean, 
36  the priest will make another examination. If the scab has spread on the skin, the priest does not have to look for yellow hair. The person is unclean. 
37  But if he sees that the scab hasn’t spread and black hair grows on it, the scab is healed. The person is clean, so the priest must declare him clean.
38  “If a man or a woman has white irritated areas of skin, 
39  the priest will make an examination. If the irritated areas on the skin are pale white, a rash has developed on the skin. The person is clean.
40  “If a man loses his hair, he is clean, even though he is bald. 
41  If he loses the hair on the front of his head, he is clean, even though he is bald on the forehead. 
42  But if there is a pink patch on the bald places in back or in front, a skin disease is developing in those places. 
43  The priest will examine him. If the sore from the disease in the bald places in back or in front is pink like a skin disease somewhere else on the body, 
44  the man has come down with an infectious skin disease. He is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean because of the skin disease on his head.
45  “People who come down with a skin disease must wear torn clothes and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their upper lips and call out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ 
46  As long as they have the skin disease, they are unclean. They must live outside the camp.

Luke 17:1-10
Skin, Faith, Duty

1    Jesus told his disciples, “Situations that cause people to lose their faith are certain to arise. But how horrible it will be for the person who causes someone to lose his faith! 

2    It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith. 

3    So watch yourselves! “If a believer sins, correct him. If he changes the way he thinks and acts, forgive him. 

4    Even if he wrongs you seven times in one day and comes back to you seven times and says that he is sorry, forgive him.”

5    Then the apostles said to the Lord, “Give us more faith.”

6    The Lord said, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself up by the roots, and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it would obey you.

7    “Suppose someone has a servant who is plowing fields or watching sheep. Does he tell his servant when he comes from the field, ‘Have something to eat’? 

8    No. Instead, he tells his servant, ‘Get dinner ready for me! After you serve me my dinner, you can eat yours.’ 

9    He doesn’t thank the servant for following orders. 

10  That’s the way it is with you. When you’ve done everything you’re ordered to do, say, ‘We’re worthless servants. We’ve only done our duty.’”

Leviticus 13:12-28 and Luke 16:19-31 (GWT)

Leviticus 13:12-28
Regulations About Infectious Diseases

12  If skin disease develops and covers the whole person from head to foot (so far as the priest can see), 
13  the priest will examine him. If the disease does cover his whole body, the priest must declare the diseased person clean. His body has turned white. The person is clean. 
14  But if raw flesh appears, he will be unclean. 
15  The priest will examine the raw flesh and declare him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. 
16  But if the raw flesh turns white again, he must go to the priest. 
17  The priest will examine him again, and if the diseased area has turned white, the priest must declare the diseased person clean. He is clean.
18  “If a boil on the skin has healed 
19  and in its place there is a white sore or a pink area, it must be shown to the priest. 
20  The priest will examine it. If it looks deeper than the rest of the skin and its hair has turned white, the priest must declare the person unclean. An infectious skin disease has developed in the boil. 
21  But if the priest examines the affected area and the hair in it is not white or the affected area is not deeper than the rest of the skin but has faded, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days. 
22  If the area has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is a skin disease. 
23  But if the irritated area has not spread, it is a scar caused by the boil. The priest must declare him clean.
24  “If anyone has a burn on his skin and the raw flesh of the burn turns into a pink or bright white area, 
25  the priest will examine it. If the hair on the affected area has turned white and the affected area looks deeper than the rest of the skin, an infectious skin disease has developed in the burn. The priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. 
26  But if the priest examines it and the hair in it is not white and the affected area is not deeper than the rest of the skin but has faded, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days. 
27  On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the area has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. 
28  If the irritated area does not spread but has faded, it is only a sore caused by the burn. The priest must declare him clean, because it is a scar caused by the burn.

Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus

19  “There was a rich man who wore expensive clothes. Every day was like a party to him. 

20  There was also a beggar named Lazarus who was regularly brought to the gate of the rich man’s house.

21  Lazarus would have eaten any scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Lazarus was covered with sores, and dogs would lick them.

22  “One day the beggar died, and the angels carried him to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 

23  He went to hell, where he was constantly tortured. As he looked up, in the distance he saw Abraham and Lazarus. 

24  He yelled, ‘Father Abraham! Have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue. I am suffering in this fire.’

25  “Abraham replied, ‘Remember, my child, that you had a life filled with good times, while Lazarus’ life was filled with misery. Now he has peace here, while you suffer. 

26  Besides, a wide area separates us. People couldn’t cross it in either direction even if they wanted to.’

27  “The rich man responded, ‘Then I ask you, Father, to send Lazarus back to my father’s home. 

28  I have five brothers. He can warn them so that they won’t end up in this place of torture.’

29  “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets. Your brothers should listen to them!’

30  “The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! If someone comes back to them from the dead, they will turn to God and change the way they think and act.’

31  “Abraham answered him, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone comes back to life.’”

Leviticus 13:1-11 and Luke 16:16-18 (GWT)

Leviticus 13:1-11
Regulations About Infectious Skin Diseases

1    The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, 

2    “If anyone has a sore, a rash, or an irritated area on his skin that turns into an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest Aaron or to one of his sons who are also priests. 

3    The priest will examine the disease. If the hair in the diseased area has turned white, and the diseased area looks deeper than the rest of his skin, it is an infectious skin disease. When the priest has examined him, he must declare him unclean. 

4    But if the irritated area is white and does not look deeper than the rest of the skin, and the hair has not turned white, the priest must put him in isolation for seven days. 

5    On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the disease looks the same and has not spread, the priest must put him in isolation for another seven days. 

6    On the seventh day the priest will examine him again. If the diseased area has faded and not spread, the priest must declare him clean. It is only a rash. The person must wash his clothes and will be clean. 

7    But if the rash has spread after he has shown himself to the priest to be declared clean, he must show himself to the priest again. 

8    The priest will examine him one more time, and if the rash has spread, the priest must declare him unclean. It is an infectious skin disease.

9    “If anyone has an infectious skin disease, he must be taken to the priest. 

10  The priest will examine him. If there is a white sore that has turned the hair white, and if there is raw flesh in the sore, 

11   he has a chronic skin disease. Without putting him in isolation, the priest must declare him unclean because he is unclean. 

Luke 16:16-18
Additional Teachings

16  “Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets were in force until the time of John. Since that time, people have been telling the Good News about the kingdom of God, and everyone is trying to force their way into it. 
17  It is easier for the earth and the heavens to disappear than to drop a comma from the Scriptures.
18  “Any man who divorces his wife to marry another woman is committing adultery. The man who marries a woman divorced in this way is committing adultery.

Leviticus 12:1-8 and Luke 16:1-15 (GWT)

Leviticus 12:1-8
Purification After Childbirth

1    The Lord spoke to Moses, 

2    “Tell the Israelites: When a woman gives birth to a boy, she will be unclean for seven days. This is the same number of days she is unclean for her monthly period. 

3    The boy must be circumcised when he is eight days old. 

4    Then she must stay at home for 33 days in order to be made clean from her bleeding. She must not touch anything holy or go into the holy place until the days needed to make her clean are over.

5    “When a woman gives birth to a girl, she will be unclean as in her monthly period. However, she will be unclean for two weeks. Then she must stay at home for 66 days in order to be made clean from her bleeding.

6    “When the days needed to make her clean are over, she must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a pigeon or a mourning dove as an offering for sin. She must bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 

7    The priest will offer them in the Lord’s presence to make peace with the Lord for her. Then she will be clean from her flow of blood.  “These are the instructions for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.

8    If she cannot afford a lamb, she must use two mourning doves or two pigeons. One will be the burnt offering and the other the offering for sin. So the priest will make peace with the Lord for her, and she will be clean.”

Luke 16:1-15
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

1    Then Jesus said to his disciples, “A rich man had a business manager. The manager was accused of wasting the rich man’s property. 
2    So the rich man called for his manager and said to him, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Let me examine your books. It’s obvious that you can’t manage my property any longer.’
3    “The manager thought, ‘What should I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg. 
4    I know what I’ll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I’ve lost my job.’
5    “So the manager called for each one of his master’s debtors. He said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6    “The debtor replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’  “The manager told him, ‘Take my master’s ledger. Quick! Sit down, and write “four hundred!”’
7    “Then he asked another debtor, ‘How much do you owe?’  “The debtor replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’  “The manager told him, ‘Take the ledger, and write “eight hundred!”’
8    “The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. Worldly people are more clever than spiritually-minded people when it comes to dealing with others.”
9    Jesus continued, “I’m telling you that although wealth is often used in dishonest ways, you should use it to make friends for yourselves. When life is over, you will be welcomed into an eternal home.
10  Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with a lot. Whoever is dishonest with very little is dishonest with a lot. 
11  Therefore, if you can’t be trusted with wealth that is often used dishonestly, who will trust you with wealth that is real? 
12  If you can’t be trusted with someone else’s wealth, who will give you your own?
13  “A servant cannot serve two masters. He will hate the first master and love the second, or he will be devoted to the first and despise the second. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
14  The Pharisees, who love money, heard all this and were making sarcastic remarks about him.
15  So Jesus said to them, “You try to justify your actions in front of people. But God knows what’s in your hearts. What is important to humans is disgusting to God.

Leviticus 11:26-47 and Luke 15:11-32 (GWT)

Leviticus 11:26-47
Clean and Unclean Food

26  All animals whose hoofs are not completely divided or that don’t chew their cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them is unclean. 
27  All four-legged animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 
28  Those who carry the dead body of any of these animals must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
29  “The following swarming creatures that move on the ground are unclean for you—moles, mice, and all types of lizards: 
30  geckos, monitors, lizards, skinks, and chameleons. 
31  Among all the swarming creatures that move on the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 
32  When the dead body of one of these creatures falls on something, that thing will be unclean. It may be a wooden article, clothing, leather, a sack, or anything used for any purpose. It should be put in water and will be unclean until evening. Then it will be clean again.
33  “If any of these creatures falls into a piece of pottery, break the pottery because everything in it is unclean. 
34  If water from that pottery touches any food, the food is unclean. Any liquid that you drink from that pottery is unclean. 
35  Anything on which their dead bodies fall is unclean. If it is an oven or a stove, smash it. It is unclean and will remain unclean for you. 
36  However, a spring or a cistern holding water will remain clean. But anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean. 
37  If their dead bodies fall on seed that is to be planted, the seed is clean. 
38  But if water is poured on the seed and their dead bodies fall on it, the seed is unclean for you.
39  “When any animal that you are allowed to eat dies, whoever touches its dead body will be unclean until evening. 
40  Those who eat any of its dead body must wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening. Those who carry its dead body away will wash their clothes and will be unclean until evening.
41  “Any creature that swarms on the ground is disgusting and must not be eaten. 
42  Don’t eat any creature with many legs that goes on its belly or on the ground like a four-legged animal, or any creature that swarms on the ground. Consider them disgusting. 
43  Don’t become disgusting by eating anything that swarms on the ground. Never allow yourselves to become unclean because of them.
44  “Here is the reason: I am the Lord your God. You must live holy lives. Be holy because I am holy. Never become unclean by touching anything that swarms or crawls on the ground. 
45  Here is the reason again: I am the Lord. I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. Be holy because I am holy.
46  “These are the instructions about animals, birds, and every living creature that swims in the water and every creature that swarms on the ground. 
47  These instructions help you distinguish between clean and unclean, the animals you may eat and those you may not eat.”
Luke 15:11-32

The Parable of the Lost Son

11  Then Jesus said, “A man had two sons. 

12  The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property.’ So the father divided his property between his two sons.

13  “After a few days, the younger son gathered his possessions and left for a country far away from home. There he wasted everything he had on a wild lifestyle. 

14  He had nothing left when a severe famine spread throughout that country. He had nothing to live on. 

15  So he got a job from someone in that country and was sent to feed pigs in the fields. 

16  No one in the country would give him any food, and he was so hungry that he would have eaten what the pigs were eating.

17  “Finally, he came to his senses. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, while I’m starving to death here? 

18  I’ll go at once to my father, and I’ll say to him, “Father, I’ve sinned against heaven and you. 

19  I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore. Make me one of your hired men.”’

20  “So he went at once to his father. While he was still at a distance, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son, put his arms around him, and kissed him. 

21  Then his son said to him, ‘Father, I’ve sinned against heaven and you. I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore.’

22  “The father said to his servants, ‘Hurry! Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 

23  Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let’s celebrate with a feast. 

24  My son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.’ Then they began to celebrate.

25  “His older son was in the field. As he was coming back to the house, he heard music and dancing. 

26  He called to one of the servants and asked what was happening.

27  “The servant told him, ‘Your brother has come home. So your father has killed the fattened calf to celebrate your brother’s safe return.’

28  “Then the older son became angry and wouldn’t go into the house. His father came out and begged him to come in. 

29  But he answered his father, ‘All these years I’ve worked like a slave for you. I’ve never disobeyed one of your commands. Yet, you’ve never given me so much as a little goat for a celebration with my friends. 

30  But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came home, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

31  “His father said to him, ‘My child, you’re always with me. Everything I have is yours. 

32  But we have something to celebrate, something to be happy about. This brother of yours was dead but has come back to life. He was lost but has been found.’”

Leviticus 11:1-25 and Luke 15:8-10 (GWT)

Leviticus 11:1-25
Clean and Unclean Food

1    The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, 

2    “Tell the Israelites: Here are the kinds of land animals you may eat: 

3    all animals that have completely divided hoofs and that also chew their cud. 

4    However, from those that either chew their cud or have divided hoofs, these are the kinds you must never eat: You must never eat camels. (Camels are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) 

5    You must never eat rock badgers. (Rock badgers are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) 

6    You must never eat rabbits. (Rabbits are unclean because they chew their cud but do not have divided hoofs.) 

7    You must never eat pigs. (Because pigs have completely divided hoofs but do not chew their cud, they are also unclean.)

8    Never eat the meat of these animals or touch their dead bodies. They are unclean for you.

9    “Here are the kinds of creatures that live in the water which you may eat—anything in the seas and streams that has fins and scales. 

10   However, you must consider all swarming creatures living in the seas or the streams that have no fins or scales disgusting. 

11   They must remain disgusting to you. Never eat their meat. Consider their dead bodies disgusting. 

12   Every creature in the water without fins or scales is disgusting to you.

13   “Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures, 

14   kites, all types of buzzards, 

15   all types of crows, 

16   ostriches, nighthawks, seagulls, all types of falcons, 

17   little owls, cormorants, great owls, 

18   barn owls, pelicans, ospreys, 

19   storks, all types of herons, hoopoes, and bats.

20   “Every swarming, winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you. 

21   However, you may eat winged insects that swarm if they use their legs to hop on the ground. 

22   You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper. 

23   Every kind of winged insect that walks across the ground like a four-legged animal is disgusting to you.

24   “Regarding the creatures mentioned above, this is how you would become unclean: Whoever touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening. 

25   Whoever carries any part of their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.

 Luke 15:8-10
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8    “Suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house, and look for the coin carefully until she finds it? 
9    When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Let’s celebrate! I’ve found the coin that I lost.’ 
10  So I can guarantee that God’s angels are happy about one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts.”

Leviticus 10:12-20 and Luke 15:1-7 (GWT)

Leviticus 10:12-20
The Death of Nadab and Abihu
12  Moses told Aaron and his surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering left over from the offering by fire to the Lord. Make unleavened bread, and eat it next to the altar because it is very holy. 
13  Eat it in a holy place because it is the part of the offering by fire to the Lord that belongs to you and your children. That is the command I received. 
14  Also eat the breast presented to the Lord and the thigh that was given as a contribution. You and your sons and daughters may eat them in a clean place because they are your part of the fellowship offerings from the Israelites. 
15  They will bring the thigh given as a contribution, the breast presented to the Lord, and the fat that is to be burned and present them to the Lord. These parts will belong to you and your children. This will be a permanent law, as the Lord has commanded.”
16  Moses tried to find out what had happened to the male goat that was supposed to be the offering for sin. To his surprise, it had already been burned. So he became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s surviving sons. 
17  He asked them, “Why didn’t you eat the offering for sin in the holy place? It is very holy and was given to you to take away the sins of the congregation and to make peace with the Lord for them. 
18  Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you certainly should have eaten it there, as I commanded.”
19  Aaron answered Moses, “Today they sacrificed their offering for sin and their burnt offering in the Lord’s presence, and look what happened to me. If I had eaten the offering for sin today, would the Lord have approved?”
20  When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.

Luke 15:1-7
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
1   All the tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus. 
2   But the Pharisees and the experts in Moses’ Teachings complained, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
3   Jesus spoke to them using this illustration: 
4   “Suppose a man has 100 sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the 99 sheep grazing in the pasture and look for the lost sheep until he finds it? 
5   When he finds it, he’s happy. He puts that sheep on his shoulders and 
6   goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says to them, ‘Let’s celebrate! I’ve found my lost sheep!’ 
7   I can guarantee that there will be more happiness in heaven over one person who turns to God and changes the way he thinks and acts than over 99 people who already have turned to God and have his approval.”

Leviticus 10:1-11 and Luke 14:25-35 (God's Word)

Leviticus 10:1-11
The Death of Nadab and Abihu

1    Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took an incense burner and put burning coals and incense in it. Then in the Lord’s presence they offered this unauthorized fire. 

2    A fire flashed from the Lord and burned them, and they died in the presence of the Lord.

3    Moses said to Aaron, “This is exactly what the Lord said:  ‘I will show my holiness among those who come to me.  I will show my glory to all the people.’”  Aaron was speechless.

4    Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle, Uzziel. He told them, “Come and take your relatives away from in front of the holy place. Take them outside the camp.” 

5    So they came and took them away to a place outside the camp, as Moses told them. The dead men were still in their linen robes.

6    Moses told Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar: “Do not mourn by leaving your hair uncombed or tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die and the Lord will become angry with the whole congregation. All the other Israelites may cry over the fire the Lord sent, but you may not. 

7    You must not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting or else you, too, will die, because the Lord has anointed you with his oil.” They obeyed Moses.

8    The Lord spoke to Aaron, 

9    “You and your sons must not drink any wine or liquor when you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent law for generations to come. 

10  Teach them the difference between what is holy and what is unholy, what is clean and what is unclean. 

11  Also teach the Israelites all the laws that I gave them through Moses.”

Luke 14:25-35
The Cost of Being a Disciple

25  Large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned to them and said, 

26  “If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples. 

27  So those who do not carry their crosses and follow me cannot be my disciples.

28  “Suppose you want to build a tower. You would first sit down and figure out what it costs. Then you would see if you have enough money to finish it. 

29  Otherwise, if you lay a foundation and can’t finish the building, everyone who watches will make fun of you. 

30  They’ll say, ‘This person started to build but couldn’t finish the job.’

31  “Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He would first sit down and think things through. Can he and his 10,000 soldiers fight against a king with 20,000 soldiers? 

32  If he can’t, he’ll send ambassadors to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away. 

33  In the same way, none of you can be my disciples unless you give up everything.

34  “Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how will you restore its flavor? 

35  It’s not any good for the ground or for the manure pile. People throw it away.  “Let the person who has ears listen!”

Leviticus 9:1-24 and Luke 14:15-24 (NLT)

Leviticus 9:1-24
The Priests Begin Their Ministry

1    After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 

2    He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defects, and present them to the Lord. 

3    Then tell the Israelites, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, for a burnt offering. 

4    Also take a bull and a ram for a peace offering and flour moistened with olive oil for a grain offering. Present all these offerings to the Lord because the Lord will appear to you today.’”

5    So the people presented all these things at the entrance of the Tabernacle, just as Moses had commanded. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord. 

6    And Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded you to do so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”

7    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to purify yourself and the people. Then present the offerings of the people to purify them, making them right with the Lord, just as he has commanded.”

8    So Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 

9    His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 

10  Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 

11  The meat and the hide, however, he burned outside the camp.

12  Next Aaron slaughtered the animal for the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar. 

13  Then they handed him each piece of the burnt offering, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 

14  Then he washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on the altar along with the rest of the burnt offering.

15  Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He slaughtered the people’s goat and presented it as an offering for their sin, just as he had first done with the offering for his own sin. 

16  Then he presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it in the prescribed way. 

17  He also presented the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour mixture on the altar, in addition to the regular burnt offering for the morning.

18  Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar. 

19  Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram—the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs—along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers. 

20  He placed these fat portions on top of the breasts of these animals and burned them on the altar. 

21  Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as a special offering to the Lord, just as Moses had commanded.

22  After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar. 

23  Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community. 

24  Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.

Luke 14:15-24
The Parable Of The Great Banquet 
15  Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, “What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God!”
16  Jesus replied with this story: “A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations. 
17  When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’ 
18  But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’ 
19  Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’ 
20  Another said, ‘I now have a wife, so I can’t come.’
21  “The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, ‘Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ 
22  After the servant had done this, he reported, ‘There is still room for more.’ 
23  So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full. 
24  For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.’”

Leviticus 8:14-36 and Luke 14:1-14 (NLT)

Leviticus 8:14-36
The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons (Continued)

14  Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head,
15  and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.
16  Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.
17  He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded him.
18  Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head,
19  and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar.
20  Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.
21  After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
22  Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head,
23  and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.
24  Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
25  Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
26  On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the Lord’s presence.
27  He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted them up as a special offering to the Lord.
28  Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
29  Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the Lord. This was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the Lord had commanded him.
30  Next Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. In this way, he made Aaron and his sons and their garments holy.
31  Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the remaining meat of the offerings at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, just as I commanded when I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’
32  Any meat or bread that is left over must then be burned up.
33  You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed.
34  Everything we have done today was commanded by the Lord in order to purify you, making you right with him.
35  Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the Lord requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the Lord has commanded.”
36  So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord had commanded through Moses.

Luke 14:1-14
Jesus At A Pharisee's House
1   One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.
2    There was a man there whose arms and legs were swollen.
3    Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in religious law, “Is it permitted in the law to heal people on the Sabbath day, or not?” 
4    When they refused to answer, Jesus touched the sick man and healed him and sent him away.
5    Then he turned to them and said, “Which of you doesn’t work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get him out?” 
6    Again they could not answer.  
7    When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the seats of honor near the head of the table, he gave them this advice:
8    “When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has also been invited? 
9    The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!
10  “Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests. 
11  For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
12  Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward. 
13  Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 
14  Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

Leviticus 8:1-13 and Luke 13:31-35 (NLT)

Leviticus 8:1-13
The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons

1    Then the Lord said to Moses, 

2    “Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast, 

3    and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.”

4    So Moses followed the Lord’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance. 

5    Moses announced to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded us to do!” 

6    Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 

7    He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash. 

8   Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it. 

9    He placed the turban on Aaron’s head and attached the gold medallion—the badge of holiness—to the front of the turban, just as the Lord had commanded him.

10  Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy. 

11  He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy. 

12  Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work. 

13  Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the Lord had commanded him.

Luke 13:31-35
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem

31  At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!”

32  Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose. 

33  Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!

34  “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. 

35  And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Leviticus 7:28-38 and Luke 13:22-30 (NLT)

Leviticus 7:28-38
The Priests' Share

28  Then the Lord said to Moses, 

29  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the Lord, bring part of it as a gift to the Lord. 

30  Present it to the Lord with your own hands as a special gift to the Lord. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the Lord. 

31  Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants. 

32  Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift. 

33  The right thigh must always be given to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the peace offering. 

34  For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel. 

35  This is their rightful share. The special gifts presented to the Lord have been reserved for Aaron and his descendants from the time they were set apart to serve the Lord as priests. 

36  On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded the Israelites to give these portions to the priests as their permanent share from generation to generation.”

37  These are the instructions for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, as well as the ordination offering and the peace offering.

38  The Lord gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

Luke 13:22-30
The Narrow Door

22  Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem. 

23  Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”  He replied, 

24  “Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail. 

25  When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 

26  Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 

27  And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’

28  “There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out. 

29  And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God. 

30  And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then.

Leviticus 7:22-27 and Luke 13:18-21 (NLT)

Leviticus 7:22-27
Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden
22  Then the Lord said to Moses,
23  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep, or goats.
24  The fat of an animal found dead or torn to pieces by wild animals must never be eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose.
25  Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the Lord will be cut off from the community.
26  No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.
27  Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”

Luke 13:18-21
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
18  Then Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it? 
19  It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches.”
20  He also asked, “What else is the Kingdom of God like? 
21  It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

Leviticus 7:11-21 and Luke 13:10-17 (NLT)

Leviticus 7:11-21
The Fellowship Offering
11 “These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the Lord.
12  If you present your peace offering as an expression of thanksgiving, the usual animal sacrifice must be accompanied by various kinds of bread made without yeast—thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers spread with oil, and cakes made of choice flour mixed with olive oil.
13  This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied by loaves of bread made with yeast.
14  One of each kind of bread must be presented as a gift to the Lord. It will then belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the peace offering against the altar.
15  The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the same day it is offered. None of it may be saved for the next morning.
16  “If you bring an offering to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering, the meat must be eaten on the same day the sacrifice is offered, but whatever is left over may be eaten on the second day.
17  Any meat left over until the third day must be completely burned up.
18  If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the Lord. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.
19  “Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten, but only by people who are ceremonially clean.
20  If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community.
21  If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community.”
Luke 13:10-17
A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath
10  One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,
11  he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight.
12  When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!” 
13  Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!
14   But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath.”
15  But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water? 
16  This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”
17  This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

Leviticus 7:1-10 and Luke 13:1-9 (NLT)

Leviticus 7:1-10
The Guilt Offering

1   “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy. 

2   The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar. 

3   The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, 

4   the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys, 

5   and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the Lord. This is the guilt offering.

6   Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.

7   “The same instructions apply to both the guilt offering and the sin offering. Both belong to the priest who uses them to purify someone, making that person right with the Lord. 

8   In the case of the burnt offering, the priest may keep the hide of the sacrificed animal. 

9   Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it. 

10  All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

Luke 13:1-9
Repent or Perish
1    About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple.
2    “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?” Jesus asked. “Is that why they suffered? 
3     Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. 
4    And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? 
5    No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too.”
6    Then Jesus told this story: “A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed. 
7    Finally, he said to his gardener, ‘I’ve waited three years, and there hasn’t been a single fig! Cut it down. It’s just taking up space in the garden.’
8    “The gardener answered, ‘Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I’ll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer. 
9    If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.’”