Leviticus 13

¹  Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²  "When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of leprosy on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. ³  "The priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. ⁴  "But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. ⁵  "The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. ⁶  "The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. ⁷  "But if the scab spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. ⁸  "The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. ⁹  "When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest. ¹⁰  "The priest shall then look, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling, ¹¹  it is a chronic leprosy on the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not isolate him, for he is unclean. ¹²  "If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see, ¹³  then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; it has all turned white and he is clean. ¹⁴  "But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. ¹⁵  "The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. ¹⁶  "Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest, ¹⁷  and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; he is clean. ¹⁸  "When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed, ¹⁹  and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest; ²⁰  and the priest shall look, and behold, if it appears to be lower than the skin, and the hair on it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the infection of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil. ²¹  "But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it and it is not lower than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; ²²  and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. ²³  "But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. ²⁴  "Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddishwhite, or white, ²⁵  then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. ²⁶  "But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; ²⁷  and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. ²⁸  "But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn. ²⁹  "Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard, ³⁰  then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. ³¹  "But if the priest looks at the infection of the scale, and indeed, it appears to be no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the person with the scaly infection for seven days. ³²  "On the seventh day the priest shall look at the infection, and if the scale has not spread and no yellowish hair has grown in it, and the appearance of the scale is no deeper than the skin, ³³  then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale seven more days. ³⁴  "Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. ³⁵  "But if the scale spreads farther in the skin after his cleansing, ³⁶  then the priest shall look at him, and if the scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellowish hair; he is unclean. ³⁷  "If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. ³⁸  "When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, even white bright spots, ³⁹  then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean. ⁴⁰  "Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald; he is clean. ⁴¹  "If his head becomes bald at the front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean. ⁴²  "But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead. ⁴³  "Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddishwhite on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, ⁴⁴  he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head. ⁴⁵  "As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, ' Unclean! Unclean!' ⁴⁶  "He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. ⁴⁷  "When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, ⁴⁸  whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, ⁴⁹  if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest. ⁵⁰  "Then the priest shall look at the mark and shall quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. ⁵¹  "He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean. ⁵²  "So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire. ⁵³  "But if the priest shall look, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, ⁵⁴  then the priest shall order them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs and he shall quarantine it for seven more days. ⁵⁵  "After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on the front of it. ⁵⁶  "Then if the priest looks, and if the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof; ⁵⁷  and if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. ⁵⁸  "The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean." ⁵⁹  This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

Matthew 26

¹  When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, ²  " You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion." ³  Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; ⁴  and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. ⁵  But they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people." ⁶  Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, ⁷  a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. ⁸  But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste? ⁹  "For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor." ¹⁰  But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. ¹¹  "For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. ¹²  "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. ¹³  "Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." ¹⁴  Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵  and said, "What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?" And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him. ¹⁶  From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus. ¹⁷  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" ¹⁸  And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, " My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'" ¹⁹  The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. ²⁰  Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. ²¹  As they were eating, He said, " Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me." ²²  Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?" ²³  And He answered, " He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me. ²⁴  "The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born." ²⁵  And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" Jesus said to him, " You have said it yourself." ²⁶  While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." ²⁷  And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you; ²⁸  for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. ²⁹  "But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." ³⁰  After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. ³¹  Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ' I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE SCATTERED.' ³²  "But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." ³³  But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away." ³⁴  Jesus said to him, " Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." ³⁵  Peter said to Him, " Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You." All the disciples said the same thing too. ³⁶  Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." ³⁷  And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. ³⁸  Then He said to them, " My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me." ³⁹  And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will." ⁴⁰  And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? ⁴¹  " Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." ⁴²  He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done." ⁴³  Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴  And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. ⁴⁵  Then He came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶  "Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!" ⁴⁷  While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people. ⁴⁸  Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him." ⁴⁹  Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed Him. ⁵⁰  And Jesus said to him, " Friend, do what you have come for." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him. ⁵¹  And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁵²  Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. ⁵³  "Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴  "How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?" ⁵⁵  At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me. ⁵⁶  "But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets." Then all the disciples left Him and fled. ⁵⁷  Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. ⁵⁸  But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome. ⁵⁹  Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. ⁶⁰  They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, ⁶¹  and said, "This man stated, ' I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.'" ⁶²  The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" ⁶³  But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God." ⁶⁴  Jesus said to him, " You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." ⁶⁵  Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy; ⁶⁶  what do you think?" They answered, " He deserves death!" ⁶⁷  Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him, ⁶⁸  and said, " Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?" ⁶⁹  Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." ⁷⁰  But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." ⁷¹  When he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." ⁷²  And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man." ⁷³  A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away." ⁷⁴  Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵  And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, " Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.