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Leviticus 11; Leviticus 12; Matthew 26:1-25

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Leviticus 11

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2 "Tell the Israelites this: 'These are the land animals you may eat:
3 You may eat any animal that has split hoofs completely divided and that chews the cud.
4 "'Some animals only chew the cud or only have split hoofs, and you must not eat them. The camel chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
5 The rock badger chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
6 The rabbit chews the cud but does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.
7 Now the pig has a split hoof that is completely divided, but it does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
8 You must not eat the meat from these animals or even touch their dead bodies; they are unclean for you.
9 "'Of the animals that live in the sea or in a river, if the animal has fins and scales, you may eat it.
10 But whatever lives in the sea or in a river and does not have fins and scales -- including the things that fill the water and all other things that live in it -- you should hate.
11 You must not eat any meat from them or even touch their dead bodies, because you should hate them.
12 You must hate any animal in the water that does not have fins and scales.
13 "'Also, these are the birds you are to hate. They are hateful and should not be eaten. You must not eat eagles, vultures, black vultures,
14 kites, any kind of falcon,
15 any kind of raven,
16 horned owls, screech owls, sea gulls, any kind of hawk,
17 little owls, cormorants, great owls,
18 white owls, desert owls, ospreys,
19 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, or bats.
20 "'Don't eat insects that have wings and walk on all four feet; they also are to be hated.
21 "'But you may eat certain insects that have wings and walk on four feet. You may eat those that have legs with joints above their feet so they can jump.
22 These are the insects you may eat: all kinds of locusts, winged locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
23 But all other insects that have wings and walk on four feet you are to hate.
24 Those insects will make you unclean, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these insects will become unclean until evening.
25 Anyone who picks up one of these dead insects must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
26 "'Some animals have split hoofs, but the hoofs are not completely divided; others do not chew the cud. They are unclean for you, and anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean.
27 Of all the animals that walk on four feet, the animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you. Anyone who touches the dead body of one of these animals will become unclean until evening.
28 Anyone who picks up their dead bodies must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; these animals are unclean for you.
29 "'These crawling animals are unclean for you: moles, rats, all kinds of great lizards,
30 geckos, crocodiles, lizards, sand reptiles, and chameleons.
31 These crawling animals are unclean for you; anyone who touches their dead bodies will be unclean until evening.
32 "'If an unclean animal dies and falls on something, that item will also become unclean. This includes anything made from wood, cloth, leather, or rough cloth, regardless of its use. Whatever the animal falls on must be washed with water and be unclean until evening; then it will become clean again.
33 If the dead, unclean animal falls into a clay bowl, anything in the bowl will become unclean, and you must break the bowl.
34 If water from the unclean clay bowl gets on any food, that food will become unclean.
35 If any dead, unclean animal falls on something, it becomes unclean. If it is a clay oven or a clay baking pan, it must be broken into pieces. These things will be unclean; they are unclean for you.
36 "'A spring or well that collects water will stay clean, but anyone who touches the dead body of any unclean animal will become unclean.
37 If a dead, unclean animal falls on a seed to be planted, that seed is still clean.
38 But if you put water on some seeds and a dead, unclean animal falls on them, they are unclean for you.
39 "'Also, if an animal which you use for food dies, anyone who touches its body will be unclean until evening.
40 Anyone who eats meat from this animal's dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. Anyone who picks up the animal's dead body must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.
41 "'Every animal that crawls on the ground is to be hated; it must not be eaten.
42 You must not eat any of the animals that crawl on the ground, including those that crawl on their stomachs, that walk on all four feet, or on many feet. They are to be hated.
43 Do not make yourself unclean by these animals; you must not become unclean by them.
44 I am the Lord your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don't make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals.
45 I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt to be your God; you must be holy because I am holy.
46 "'These are the teachings about all of the cattle, birds, and other animals on earth, as well as the animals in the sea and those that crawl on the ground.
47 These teachings help people know the difference between unclean animals and clean animals; they help people know which animals may be eaten and which ones must not be eaten.'"
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Leviticus 12

1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 "Tell the people of Israel this: 'If a woman gives birth to a son, she will become unclean for seven days, as she is unclean during her monthly period.
3 On the eighth day the boy must be circumcised.
4 Then it will be thirty-three days before she becomes clean from her loss of blood. She must not touch anything that is holy or enter the Holy Tent until her time of cleansing is finished.
5 But if she gives birth to a daughter, the mother will be unclean for two weeks, as she is unclean during her monthly period. It will be sixty-six days before she becomes clean from her loss of blood.
6 "'After she has a son or daughter and her days of cleansing are over, the new mother must bring certain sacrifices to the Meeting Tent. She must give the priest at the entrance a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a dove or young pigeon for a sin offering.
7 He will offer them before the Lord to make her clean so she will belong to the Lord again; then she will be clean from her loss of blood. These are the teachings for a woman who gives birth to a boy or girl.
8 "'If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make her clean so she will belong to the Lord again, and she will be clean.'"
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Matthew 26:1-25

1 After Jesus finished saying all these things, he told his followers,
2 "You know that the day after tomorrow is the day of the Passover Feast. On that day the Son of Man will be given to his enemies to be crucified."
3 Then the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders had a meeting at the palace of the high priest, named Caiaphas.
4 At the meeting, they planned to set a trap to arrest Jesus and kill him.
5 But they said, "We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot."
6 Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, who had a skin disease.
7 While Jesus was there, a woman approached him with an alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. She poured this perfume on Jesus' head while he was eating.
8 His followers were upset when they saw the woman do this. They asked, "Why waste that perfume?
9 It could have been sold for a great deal of money and the money given to the poor."
10 Knowing what had happened, Jesus said, "Why are you troubling this woman? She did an excellent thing for me.
11 You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
12 This woman poured perfume on my body to prepare me for burial.
13 I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached in all the world, what this woman has done will be told, and people will remember her."
14 Then one of the twelve apostles, Judas Iscariot, went to talk to the leading priests.
15 He said, "What will you pay me for giving Jesus to you?" And they gave him thirty silver coins.
16 After that, Judas watched for the best time to turn Jesus in.
17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the followers came to Jesus. They said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?"
18 Jesus answered, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: The chosen time is near. I will have the Passover with my followers at your house.'"
19 The followers did what Jesus told them to do, and they prepared the Passover meal.
20 In the evening Jesus was sitting at the table with his twelve followers.
21 As they were eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will turn against me."
22 This made the followers very sad. Each one began to say to Jesus, "Surely, Lord, I am not the one who will turn against you, am I?"
23 Jesus answered, "The man who has dipped his hand with me into the bowl is the one who will turn against me.
24 The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born."
25 Then Judas, who would give Jesus to his enemies, said to Jesus, "Teacher, surely I am not the one, am I?" Jesus answered, "Yes, it is you."
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.