¹ Halte den Monat Abib, daß du Passah haltest dem HERRN, deinem Gott; denn im Monat Abib hat dich der HERR, dein Gott, aus Ägypten geführt bei der Nacht.

² Und sollst dem HERRN, deinem Gott, das Passah schlachten, Schafe und Rinder, an der Stätte, die der HERR erwählen wird, daß sein Name daselbst wohne.

³ Du sollst kein Gesäuertes auf das Fest essen, denn mit Furcht bist du aus Ägyptenland gezogen, auf daß du des Tages deines Auszugs aus Ägyptenland gedenkest dein Leben lang.

⁴ Es soll in sieben Tagen kein Sauerteig gesehen werden in allen deinen Grenzen und soll auch nichts vom Fleisch, das des Abends am ersten Tage geschlachtet ist, über Nacht bleiben bis an den Morgen.

⁵ Du darfst nicht Passah schlachten in irgend deiner Tore einem, die dir der HERR, dein Gott gegeben hat;

⁶ sondern an der Stätte, die der HERR, dein Gott erwählen wird, daß sein Name daselbst wohne, da sollst du das Passah schlachten des Abends, wenn die Sonne ist untergegangen, zu der Zeit, als du aus Ägypten zogst.

⁷ Und sollst kochen und essen an der Stätte, die der HERR, dein Gott, erwählen wird, und darnach dich wenden des Morgens und heimgehen in deine Hütten.

⁸ Sechs Tage sollst du ungesäuertes essen, und am siebenten Tag ist die Versammlung des HERRN, deines Gottes; da sollst du keine Arbeit tun.

⁹ Sieben Wochen sollst du dir zählen, und anheben zu zählen, wenn man anfängt mit der Sichel in der Saat.

¹⁰ Und sollst halten das Fest der Wochen dem HERRN, deinem Gott, daß du eine freiwillige Gabe deiner Hand gebest, nach dem dich der HERR, dein Gott, gesegnet hat;

¹¹ und sollst fröhlich sein vor dem HERRN, deinem Gott, du und dein Sohn, deine Tochter, dein Knecht, deine Magd und der Levit, der in deinem Tor ist, der Fremdling, der Waise, und die Witwe, die unter dir sind, an der Stätte, die der HERR, dein Gott, erwählen wird, daß sein Name da wohne.

¹² Und gedenke, daß du Knecht in Ägypten gewesen bist, daß du haltest und tust nach diesen Geboten.

¹³ Das Fest der Laubhütten sollst du halten sieben Tage, wenn du hast eingesammelt von deiner Tenne und von deiner Kelter,

¹⁴ und sollst fröhlich sein auf deinem Fest, du und dein Sohn, deine Tochter, dein Knecht, deine Magd, der Levit, der Fremdling, der Waise und die Witwe, die in deinem Tor sind.

¹⁵ Sieben Tage sollst du dem HERRN, deinem Gott, das Fest halten an der Stätte, die der HERR erwählen wird. Denn der HERR, dein Gott, wird dich segnen in allem deinem Einkommen und in allen Werken deiner Hände; darum sollst du fröhlich sein.

¹⁶ Dreimal des Jahres soll alles, was männlich ist unter dir, vor dem HERR, deinem Gott, erscheinen, an der Stätte, die der HERR erwählen wird: aufs Fest der ungesäuerten Brote, aufs Fest der Wochen und aufs Fest der Laubhütten; sie sollen aber nicht leer vor dem HERRN erscheinen,

¹⁷ ein jeglicher nach der Gabe seiner Hand, nach dem Segen, den dir der HERR, dein Gott, gegeben hat.

¹⁸ Richter und Amtleute sollst du dir setzen in allen deinen Toren, die dir der HERR, dein Gott, geben wird unter deinen Stämmen, daß sie das Volk richten mit rechtem Gericht.

¹⁹ Du sollst das Recht nicht beugen und sollst auch keine Person ansehen noch Geschenke nehmen; denn die Geschenke machen die Weisen blind und verkehren die Sachen der Gerechten.

²⁰ Was recht ist, dem sollst du nachjagen, auf daß du leben und einehmen mögest das Land, das dir der HERR, dein Gott, geben wird.

²¹ Du sollst keinen Hain von Bäumen pflanzen bei dem Altar des HERRN, deines Gottes, den du dir machst.

²² Du sollst keine Säule aufrichten, welche der HERR, dein Gott, haßt.

¹ At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

² But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

³ But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

⁴ how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

⁵ Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

⁶ But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

⁷ But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

⁹ He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

¹⁰ And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

¹¹ He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?

¹² Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."

¹³ Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

¹⁴ But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁵ Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

¹⁶ and commanded them that they should not make him known:

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁸ "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

¹⁹ He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

²⁰ He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

²¹ In his name, the nations will hope."

²² Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

²³ All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

²⁵ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

²⁶ If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

²⁷ If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

²⁹ Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

³⁰ "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.

³¹ Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

³² Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

³³ "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

³⁴ You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.

³⁶ I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

³⁹ But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

⁴² The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

⁴³ But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

⁴⁴ Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

⁴⁵ Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

⁴⁶ While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

⁴⁷ One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."

⁴⁸ But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"

⁴⁹ He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."