Leviticus 27:1-13 & Luke 23:50-56 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 27:1-13
REDEMPTION OF GIFTS OFFERED TO THE LORD

1    The Lord said to Moses, 

2    “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the Lord by paying the value of that person, 

3    here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel. 

4    A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver. 

5    A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. 

6    A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels of silver. 

7    A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. 

8    If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the required amount, take the person to the priest. He will determine the amount for you to pay based on what you can afford.

9    “If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, any gift to the Lord will be considered holy. 

10  You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal—neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy. 

11  If your vow involves an unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord—then you must bring the animal to the priest. 

12  He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final, whether high or low. 

13  If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.


LUKE 23:50-56

THE BURIAL OF JESUS

50  Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,

51  but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. 

52  He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 

53  Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. 

54  This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin.

55  As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. 

56  Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.

Leviticus 26:40-46 & Luke 23:44-49 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 26:40-46
PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE (continued)
40  “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
41  When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.
42  Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
43  For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees.
44  “But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the Lord their God.
45  For their sakes I will remember my ancient covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.”
46  These are the decrees, regulations, and instructions that the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai as evidence of the relationship between himself and the Israelites.

LUKE 23:44-49
THE DEATH OF JESUS

44  By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. 

45  The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. 

46  Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!”  And with those words he breathed his last.

47  When the Roman officer overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.” 

48  And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow.

49  But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.

Leviticus 26:27-39 & Luke 23:26-43 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 26:27-39
PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE (continued)
27  “If in spite of all this you still refuse to listen and still remain hostile toward me,
28  then I will give full vent to my hostility. I myself will punish you seven times over for your sins.
29  Then you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
30  I will destroy your pagan shrines and knock down your places of worship. I will leave your lifeless corpses piled on top of your lifeless idols, and I will despise you.
31  I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of pagan worship. I will take no pleasure in your offerings that should be a pleasing aroma to me.
32  Yes, I myself will devastate your land, and your enemies who come to occupy it will be appalled at what they see.
33  I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.
34  Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.
35  As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.
36  “And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.
37  Though no one is chasing you, you will stumble over each other as though fleeing from a sword. You will have no power to stand up against your enemies.
38  You will die among the foreign nations and be devoured in the land of your enemies.
39  Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

LUKE 23:26-43
JESUS IS CRUCIFIED

26  As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 

27  A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women. 

28  But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 

29  For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ 

30  People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us.’ 

31  For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

32  Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him. 

33  When they came to a place called The Skull, they nailed him to the cross. And the criminals were also crucified—one on his right and one on his left.

34  Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.

35  The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.” 

36  The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. 

37  They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” 

38  A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”

39  One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”

40  But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?

41  We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” 

42  Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”

43  And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Leviticus 26:14-26 & Luke 23:13-25 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 26:14-26
PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE

14  “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands, 

15  and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands, 

16  I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them. 

17  I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!

18  “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins. 

19  I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.

20  All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.

21  “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins. 

22  I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

23  “And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me, 

24  then I myself will be hostile toward you. I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins. 

25  I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies. 

26  I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

LUKE 23:13-25
JESUS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH
13  Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
14  and he announced his verdict. “You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent.
15  Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty.
16  So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.(a)
18  Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
19  (Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
20  Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
21  But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
22  For the third time he demanded, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”
23  But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
24  So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
25  As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished. 

Footnote:
(a) 23:16 Some manuscripts add verse 17, Now it was necessary for him to release one prisoner to them during the Passover celebration. Compare Matt 27:15; Mark 15:6; John 18:39.

Leviticus 26:1-13 & Luke 23:6-12 New Living Translation

LEVITICUS 26:1-13
BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE

1    “Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God. 

2    You must keep my Sabbath days of rest and show reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

3    “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 

4    I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 

5    Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land.

6    “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land. 

7    In fact, you will chase down your enemies and slaughter them with your swords. 

8    Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand! All your enemies will fall beneath your sword.

9    “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you. 

10  You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest! 

11  I will live among you, and I will not despise you. 

12  I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. 

13  I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.

LUKE 23:6-12

JESUS BEFORE HEROD

6    “Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked.
7    When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod’s jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.
8    Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
9    He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
10  Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
11  Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
12  (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)

Leviticus 25:47-55 & Luke 23:1-5 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:47-55
Release Of Slaves
47  “Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,
48  they still retain the right to be bought back, even after they have been purchased. They may be bought back by a brother,
49  an uncle, or a cousin. In fact, anyone from the extended family may buy them back. They may also redeem themselves if they have prospered.
50  They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
51  If many years still remain until the jubilee, they will repay the proper proportion of what they received when they sold themselves.
52  If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they will repay a small amount for their redemption.
53  The foreigner must treat them as workers hired on a yearly basis. You must not allow a foreigner to treat any of your fellow Israelites harshly.
54  If any Israelites have not been bought back by the time the Year of Jubilee arrives, they and their children must be set free at that time.
55  For the people of Israel belong to me. They are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

LUKE 23:1-5
Jesus Before Pilate

1  Then the entire council took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor. 

2  They began to state their case: “This man has been leading our people astray by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king.”

3  So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”  Jesus replied, “You have said it.”

4  Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”

5  Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes—all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”

Leviticus 25:39-46 & Luke 22:66-71 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:39-46
Release Of Slaves
39  “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.
40  Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
41  At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.
42  The people of Israel are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, so they must never be sold as slaves.
43  Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.
44  “However, you may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you.
45  You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,
46  passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.


LUKE 22:66-71
Jesus Before The Council

66  At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before this high council,

67  and they said, “Tell us, are you the Messiah?”  But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me. 

68  And if I ask you a question, you won’t answer. 

69  But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God’s right hand.”

70  They all shouted, “So, are you claiming to be the Son of God?”  And he replied, “You say that I am.”

71  “Why do we need other witnesses?” they said. “We ourselves heard him say it.”

Leviticus 25:35-38 & Luke 22:63-65 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:35-38
Loans To The Poor
35  “If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.
36  Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.
37  Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.
38  I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

LUKE 22:63-65
Jesus Is Mocked and Beaten
63  The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him.
64  They blindfolded him and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?”
65  And they hurled all sorts of terrible insults at him.

Leviticus 25:29-34 & Luke 22:54-62 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:29-34
Restoration Property
29  “Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.
30  But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
31  But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
32  “The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
33  And any property that is sold by the Levites—all houses within the Levitical towns—must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.
34  The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.

LUKE 22:54-62
Peter Denies Jesus

54  So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance. 

55  The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. 

56  A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”

57  But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”

58  After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!”  “No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.

59  About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”

60  But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

61  At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” 

62  And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.

Leviticus 25:23-28 & Luke 22:47-53 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:23-28
Restoration Of Property

23  “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

24  “With every purchase of land you must grant the seller the right to buy it back. 

25  If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him. 

26  If there is no close relative to buy the land, but the person who sold it gets enough money to buy it back,

27  he then has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it. The price of the land will be discounted according to the number of years until the next Year of Jubilee. In this way the original owner can then return to the land. 

28  But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

LUKE 22:47-53

The Arrest Of Jesus

47  But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss. 

48  But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

49  When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!” 

50  And one of them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.

51  But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

52  Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? 

53  Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”

Leviticus 25:18-22 & Luke 22:39-46 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:18-22
The Problem Of The Seventh Year
18  “If you want to live securely in the land, follow my decrees and obey my regulations.
19  Then the land will yield large crops, and you will eat your fill and live securely in it.
20  But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?’
21  Be assured that I will send my blessing for you in the sixth year, so the land will produce a crop large enough for three years.
22  When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.

LUKE 22:39-46
Jesus Prays On The Mount Of Olives

39  Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives. 

40  There he told them, “Pray that you will not give in to temptation.”

41  He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 

42  “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” 

43  Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him. 

44  He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.

45  At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief. 

46  “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”

Leviticus 25:8-17 & Luke 22:35-38 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:8-17
The Year of Jubilee

8    “In addition, you must count off seven Sabbath years, seven sets of seven years, adding up to forty-nine years in all. 

9    Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year, blow the ram’s horn loud and long throughout the land. 

10  Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan. 

11  This fiftieth year will be a jubilee for you. During that year you must not plant your fields or store away any of the crops that grow on their own, and don’t gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. 

12  It will be a jubilee year for you, and you must keep it holy. But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own. 

13  In the Year of Jubilee each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors.

14  “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.
15  When you buy land from your neighbor, the price you pay must be based on the number of years since the last jubilee. The seller must set the price by taking into account the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee.
16  The more years until the next jubilee, the higher the price; the fewer years, the lower the price. After all, the person selling the land is actually selling you a certain number of harvests.
17  Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the Lord your God.

LUKE 22:35-38
Purse, Bag and Sword
35  Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did you need anything?”  “No,” they replied.
36  “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one!
37  For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
38  “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.”  “That’s enough,” he said.

Leviticus 25:1-7 & Luke 22:31-34 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 25:1-7
The Sabbath Year
1  While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the Lord said to him,
2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the Lord every seventh year.
3  For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,
4  but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the Lord’s Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.
5  And don’t store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
6  But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.
7  Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.

LUKE 22:31-34
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

31  “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 

32  But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”

33  Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, and even to die with you.”

34  But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”

Leviticus 24:10-23 & Luke 22:24-30 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 24:10-23
An Example Of Just and Fair Punishment

10  One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men. 

11  During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. 

12  They kept the man in custody until the Lord’s will in the matter should become clear to them.

13  Then the Lord said to Moses, 

14  “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death. 

15  Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin. 

16  Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.

17  “Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death.

18  “Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.

19  “Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted— 

20  a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.

21  “Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.

22  “This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”

23  After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

LUKE 22:24-30

The Argument About Greatness

24  Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 

25  Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’ 

26  But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. 

27  Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.

28  “You have stayed with me in my time of trial. 

29  And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right 

30  to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Leviticus 24:5-9 & Luke 22:14-23 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 24:5-9
The Bread Offered To God
5  “You must bake twelve loaves of bread from choice flour, using four quarts of flour for each loaf.
6  Place the bread before the Lord on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row.
7  Put some pure frankincense near each row to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the Lord.
8  Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord. The bread is to be received from the people of Israel as a requirement of the eternal covenant.
9  The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord.”

LUKE 22:14-23
The Lord's Supper
14  When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table.
15  Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. 
16  For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”
17  Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 
18  For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”
19  He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
20  After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.
21  “But here at this table, sitting among us as a friend, is the man who will betray me. 
22  For it has been determined that the Son of Man must die. But what sorrow awaits the one who betrays him.” 
23  The disciples began to ask each other which of them would ever do such a thing.

Leviticus 24:1-4 & Luke 22:7-13 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 24:1-4
Taking Care Of The Lamps
1  The Lord said to Moses,
2  “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
3  This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
4  Aaron and the priests must tend the lamps on the pure gold lamp stand continually in the Lord’s presence.

LUKE 22:7-13
Jesus Prepares To Eat The Passover Meal

7    Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 

8    Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”

9    “Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.

10  He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 

11  say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 

12  He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.” 

13  They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.

Leviticus 23:39-44 & Luke 22:3-6 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:39-44
The Festival Of Shelters
39  “Remember that this seven-day festival to the Lord—the Festival of Shelters—begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month, after you have harvested all the produce of the land. The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete rest.
40  On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the Lord your God for seven days.
41  You must observe this festival to the Lord for seven days every year. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed in the appointed month from generation to generation.
42  For seven days you must live outside in little shelters. All native-born Israelites must live in shelters.
43  This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I rescued them from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
44  So Moses gave the Israelites these instructions regarding the annual festivals of the Lord.

LUKE 22:3-6
Judas Agrees To Betray Jesus
3  Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples,
4  and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them.
5  They were delighted, and they promised to give him money.
6  So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.

Leviticus 23:33-38 & Luke 22:1-2 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:33-38
The Festival Shelters

33  And the Lord said to Moses, 

34  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.This festival to the Lord will last for seven days. 

35  On the first day of the festival you must proclaim an official day for holy assembly, when you do no ordinary work. 

36  For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the Lord. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.

37  (“These are the Lord’s appointed festivals. Celebrate them each year as official days for holy assembly by presenting special gifts to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each on its proper day. 

38  These festivals must be observed in addition to the Lord’s regular Sabbath days, and the offerings are in addition to your personal gifts, the offerings you give to fulfill your vows, and the voluntary offerings you present to the Lord.)

LUKE 22:1-2

The Plot Against Jesus

1  The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching. 

2  The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

Leviticus 23:26-32 & Luke 21:34-38 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:26-32
The Day Of Atonement
26  Then the Lord said to Moses,
27  “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.  You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves and present special gifts to the Lord.
28  Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with the Lord your God.
29  All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God’s people.
30  And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.
31  You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.
32  This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.”

LUKE 21:34-38
The Need To Watch
34  “Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware, 
35  like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth. 
36  Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”
37  Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
38  The crowds gathered at the Temple early each morning to hear him.

Leviticus 23:23-25 & Luke 21:29-33 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:23-25
The New year Festival
23  The Lord said to Moses,
24  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn, you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet.
25  You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the Lord.”

LUKE 21:29-33
The Lesson Of The Fig Tree
29  Then he gave them this illustration: “Notice the fig tree, or any other tree. 
30  When the leaves come out, you know without being told that summer is near. 
31  In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that the Kingdom of God is near. 
32  I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass from the scene until all these things have taken place. 33  Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

Leviticus 23:15-22 & Luke 21:25-28 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:15-22
THE HARVEST FESTIVAL

15  “From the day after the Sabbath—the day you bring the bundle of grain to be lifted up as a special offering—count off seven full weeks. 

16  Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later. Then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 

17  From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up before the Lord as a special offering. Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the Lord from the first of your crops. 

18  Along with the bread, present seven one-year-old male lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams as burnt offerings to the Lord. These burnt offerings, together with the grain offerings and liquid offerings, will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 

19  Then you must offer one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a peace offering.

20  “The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the Lord, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the Lord, belong to the priests. 

21  That same day will be proclaimed an official day for holy assembly, a day on which you do no ordinary work. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

22  “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”

LUKE 21:25-28

THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN

25  “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. 

26  People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 

27  Then everyone will see the Son of Man coming on a cloud with power and great glory.

28  So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”

Leviticus 23:9-14 & Luke 21:20-24 (New Living Translation)

Leviticus 23:9-14

Celebration of First Harvest

9    Then the Lord said to Moses, 

10  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest. 

11  On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the Lord so it may be accepted on your behalf. 

12  On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the Lord. 

13  With it you must present a grain offering consisting of four quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil. It will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. You must also offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering. 

14  Do not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels on that day until you bring this offering to your God. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

Luke 21:20-24

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of Jerusalem

20  “And when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that the time of its destruction has arrived. 

21  Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city. 

22  For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled. 

23  How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people. 

24  They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.

Leviticus 23:5-8 and Luke 21:7-19 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:5-8
Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread
5  “The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6  On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This festival to the Lord continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
7  On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their ordinary work and observe an official day for holy assembly.
8  For seven days you must present special gifts to the Lord. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”

LUKE 21:7-19
Troubles and Persecutions
7    “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?”
8    He replied, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and saying, ‘The time has come!’ But don’t believe them. 
9    And when you hear of wars and insurrections, don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place first, but the end won’t follow immediately.” 
10  Then he added, “Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 
11  There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.
12  “But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers. 
13  But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
14  So don’t worry in advance about how to answer the charges against you, 
15  for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you! 
16  Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you. 
17  And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. 
18  But not a hair of your head will perish! 
19  By standing firm, you will win your souls.

Leviticus 23:1-4 and Luke 21:5-6 (New Living Translation)

LEVITICUS 23:1-4

The Religious Festivals

1  The Lord said to Moses, 

2  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as official days for holy assembly.

3  “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.

4  “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.

LUKE 21:5-6

Jesus Foretells the Future

5  Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said, 

6  “The time is coming when all these things will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”