¹ And thou shalt make an altar for the burning· of incense ·as·​·incense; of shittim^* wood shalt thou make it.

² A cubit its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits its height; out of it shall be its horns.

³ And thou shalt overlay it with pure^◦ gold, its roof and its walls^◦ round·​·about, and its horns; and thou shalt make for it a rim of gold all around.

⁴ And thou shalt make for it two rings of gold beneath its rim, upon its two ribs; upon its two ribs shalt thou make them; and it shall be for the housings for the poles, to carry it in them.

⁵ And thou shalt make the poles of shittim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

⁶ And thou shalt put it before the veil that is over the ark of the Testimony, before the place of atonement that is over the Testimony, whither I will meet·​·together with thee.

⁷ And Aaron shall burn·​·incense on it, fragrant incense in the morning by the morning; in his adorning the lamps^* he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense.

⁸ And when Aaron causes the flame of the lamps to go·​·up^* between the two·​·evenings^*, he shall burn· it ·for·​·incense, a continual incense before Jehovah for your generations.

⁹ You shall not offer·​·up strange incense nor burnt·​·offering nor gift·​·offering upon it; and you shall not pour·​·out a poured·​·offering upon it.

¹⁰ And Aaron shall make·​·atonement upon the horns of it once in the year, from the blood of the sin offering of atonements; once in the year he shall make·​·atonement upon it to your generations; a holy of holies is this^◦ to Jehovah.

¹¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹² When^◦ thou shalt take·​·up the sum of the sons of Israel, as to those who are numbered^◦ of them, then they shall give, each·​·man^◦, an atonement of his soul to Jehovah when numbering^◦ them, that there be not among^◦ them a plague striking when numbering^◦ them.

¹³ This they shall give, everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered^◦, half a shekel, in the shekel of holiness, a shekel of twenty gerahs, the half of a shekel an uplifting to Jehovah.

¹⁴ Everyone that passes·​·by upon those who are numbered^◦, from a son of twenty years and upward, shall give an uplifting to Jehovah.

¹⁵ The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half of the shekel, to give the uplifting^◦ to Jehovah, to make·​·atonement on your souls.

¹⁶ And thou shalt take the silver of atonements from among the sons of Israel, and thou shalt give it for the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦; and it shall be to the sons of Israel for a memorial before Jehovah, to make·​·atonement upon your souls.

¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁸ And thou shalt make a laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, for bathing; and thou shalt put^◦ it between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and thou shalt put^◦ waters there.

¹⁹ And Aaron and his sons shall bathe from it their hands and their feet.

²⁰ When they come into the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ they shall bathe with waters, that they die not; or when they approach the altar to minister, to burn·​·for·​·incense a fire·​·offering to Jehovah.

²¹ And they shall bathe their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be to them a statute of an age, to him and to his seed, to their generations.

²² And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²³ And take thou^◦ for thee the foremost spices, the best^◦ myrrh^* five hundred, and cinnamon spice the half of it, fifty and two·​·hundred, and calamus spice, fifty and two·​·hundred;

²⁴ and cassia five hundred, in the shekel of holiness; and oil of olive a hin.

²⁵ And thou shalt make it an oil of anointing of holiness, an ointment of ointment, made·​·by the ointment·​·maker; an oil of anointing of holiness it shall be.

²⁶ And thou shalt anoint with it the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and the ark of the Testimony;

²⁷ and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense;

²⁸ and the altar of burnt·​·offering and all its vessels, and the laver and its base.

²⁹ And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be a holy of holies; whoever touches them shall be made·​·holy.

³⁰ And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and shalt sanctify them, to be·​·priests to Me.

³¹ And thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be for Me an oil of anointing of holiness for your generations.

³² On the flesh of man shall it not be poured·​·out; and according to its fixed·​·measure you shall not make any like^▵ it; holy it is; holy shall it be to you.

³³ The man^◦ who shall make·​·ointment like it, and who shall put^◦ of it on a stranger, even he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.

³⁴ And Jehovah said to Moses, Take for thee fragrances, a drop, and onycha, and galbanum, fragrances, and pure^▵ frankincense, so much in so much shall it be.

³⁵ And thou shalt make it an incense, an ointment made·​·by the ointment·​·maker, salted, pure^◦, holy.

³⁶ And thou shalt pound some of it, making· it ·thin, and shalt put^◦ some of it before the Testimony in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, whither I will meet·​·together with thee, a holy of holies shall it be to you.

³⁷ And the incense which thou makest in its fixed·​·measure, you shall not make for yourselves; holy to Jehovah shall it be to thee.

³⁸ The man^◦ who shall make like to it, to cause a smell with it, even^▵ he shall be cut·​·off from his peoples.

¹ Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

² Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

³ I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

⁴ Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

⁵ I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."

⁶ He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

⁷ He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

⁸ He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

⁹ If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

¹⁰ He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

¹¹ Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

¹² When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

¹³ He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

¹⁴ The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

¹⁵ Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

¹⁶ Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

¹⁷ As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹⁸ He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

²⁰ Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

²¹ It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened."

²² He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

²³ One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,

²⁴ "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

²⁵ When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

²⁶ Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

²⁷ He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

²⁹ They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

³⁰ Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

³¹ On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

³² He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.

³³ Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'

³⁴ "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"