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The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
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and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,
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the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.
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And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water.
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He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
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And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
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And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days.
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And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.
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"And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
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And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
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And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
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The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
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Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand
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and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
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And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
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And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD.
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The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering.
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And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
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"But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil;
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also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
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And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD.
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And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
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And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
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And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,
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and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.
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And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put.
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And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
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And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford,
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one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed.
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This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."
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The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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"When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,
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then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, 'There seems to me to be some case of disease in my house.'
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Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean. And afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.
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And he shall examine the disease. And if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,
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then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days.
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And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house,
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then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.
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And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city.
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Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
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"If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,
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then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean.
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And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.
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Moreover, whoever enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening,
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and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
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"But if the priest comes and looks, and if the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed.
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And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop,
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and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water
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and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times.
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Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn.
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And he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean."
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This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch,
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for leprous disease in a garment or in a house,
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and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,
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to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.
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And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
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and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
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And he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.
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And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
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And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
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And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
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by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen.
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Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.
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On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida.
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When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.
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Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place."
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But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish- unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."
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For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
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And they did so, and had them all sit down.
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
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And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
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Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"
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And they answered, "John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen."
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Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
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And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one,
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saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
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And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
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For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
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For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
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For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God."
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Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
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And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.
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And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah,
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who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
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Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
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And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"- not knowing what he said.
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As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
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And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!"
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And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
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On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
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And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
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And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
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And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
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Jesus answered, "O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
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While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
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And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,
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"Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men."
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But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
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An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.
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But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side
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and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
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John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us."
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But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."
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When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
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And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.
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But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
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And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"
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But he turned and rebuked them.
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And they went on to another village.
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As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
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And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
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To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
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And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
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Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home."
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Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
