Leviticus 15:20-33 and Luke 18:18-34 (NLT)

Leviticus 15:20-33
Discharges Causing Uncleanness

20  Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.
21  If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
22  If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
23  This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.
24  If a man has sexual intercourse with her and her blood touches him, her menstrual impurity will be transmitted to him. He will remain unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will be unclean.
25  “If a woman has a flow of blood for many days that is unrelated to her menstrual period, or if the blood continues beyond the normal period, she is ceremonially unclean. As during her menstrual period, the woman will be unclean as long as the discharge continues.
26  Any bed she lies on and any object she sits on during that time will be unclean, just as during her normal menstrual period.
27  If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
28  “When the woman’s bleeding stops, she must count off seven days. Then she will be ceremonially clean.
29  On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
30  The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the Lord for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.
31  “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.
32  These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
33  or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”

Luke 18:18-30
The Rich Ruler

18  Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

19  “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. 

20  But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’”

21  The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.”

22  When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

23  But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich.

24  When Jesus saw this, he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! 

25  In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

26  Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?”

27  He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”

28  Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.”

29  “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, 

30  will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.”

Leviticus 15:1-19 and Luke 18:15-17 (NLT)

Leviticus 15:1-19
Discharges Causing Uncleanness

1    The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 

2     “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.

“Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.
3    This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.
4    Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.
5    So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
6    If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
7    If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
8    If the man spits on you, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
9    Any saddle blanket on which the man rides will be ceremonially unclean.
10  If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
11  If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
12  Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
13  “When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.
14  On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle and give his offerings to the priest.
15  The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the man before the Lord for his discharge.
16  “Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.
17  Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening. 18  After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.
19  “Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.

Luke 18:15-17
The Little Children And Jesus

15  One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But when the disciples saw this, they scolded the parents for bothering him.

16  Then Jesus called for the children and said to the disciples, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. 

17  I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

Leviticus 14:33-57 and Luke 18:9-14 (NLT)

Leviticus 14:33-57
Cleaning From Mildew

33  Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 

34  “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew. 

35  The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’ 

36  Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. 

37  Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface, 

38  the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days. 

39  On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread, 

40  the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. 

41  Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town. 

42  Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.

43  “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,
44  the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.
45  It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.
46  Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,
47  and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.
48  “But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.
49  To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.
50  He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
51  He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.
52  When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,
53  he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.
54  “These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores;
55  and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house;
56  and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.
57  This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.
“These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”

Luke 18:9-14
The Parable Of The Pharisee And The Tax Collector

9    Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else: 

10  “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.

11  The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For I don’t cheat, I don’t sin, and I don’t commit adultery. I’m certainly not like that tax collector! 

12  I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

13  “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ 

14  I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”