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Abib,* you have been set free. 5 You must
celebrate this event in this month each
year after the Lord brings you into the
land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to
your ancestors that he would give you
this land—a land flowing with milk and
honey.) 6 For seven days the bread you eat
must be made without yeast. Then on
the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the
Lord. 7Eat bread without yeast during
those seven days. In fact, there must be
no yeast bread or any yeast at all found
within the borders of your land during
this time.
8“On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating
what the Lord did for me when I left
Egypt.’ 9 This annual festival will be a
visible sign to you, like a mark branded
on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching
of the Lord: ‘With a strong hand, the
Lord rescued you from Egypt.’* 10So
observe the decree of this festival at the
appointed time each year.
11“This is what you must do when the
Lord fulfills the promise he swore to you
and to your ancestors. When he gives
you the land where the Canaanites now
live, 12 you must present all firstborn sons
and firstborn male animals to the Lord,
for they belong to him. 13A firstborn
donkey may be bought back from the
Lord by presenting a lamb or young goat
in its place. But if you do not buy it back,
you must break its neck. However, you
must buy back every firstborn son.
14“And in the future, your children
will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’
Then you will tell them, ‘With the power
of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us
out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
15Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us
go, so the Lord killed all the firstborn
males throughout the land of Egypt, both
people and animals. That is why I now
sacrifice all the firstborn males to the
Lord—except that the firstborn sons are
always bought back.’ 16This ceremony
will be like a mark branded on your hand
or your forehead. It is a reminder that
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the power of the Lord’s mighty hand
brought us out of Egypt.”
12:37 Or fighting men; Hebrew reads men on foot.
12:40 Samaritan Pentateuch reads in Canaan and Egypt;
Greek version reads in Egypt and Canaan. 13:4 Hebrew
On this day in the month of Abib. This first month of the
ancient Hebrew lunar calendar usually occurs within the
months of March and April. 13:9 Or Let it remind you
always to keep the instructions of the LORD on the tip of
your tongue, because with a strong hand, the LORD rescued
you from Egypt.
MATTHEW 20:29–21:22
As Jesus and the disciples left the town of
Jericho, a large crowd followed behind.
30Two blind men were sitting beside the
road. When they heard that Jesus was
coming that way, they began shouting,
“Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31“Be quiet!” the crowd yelled at them.
But they only shouted louder, “Lord,
Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32 When Jesus heard them, he stopped
and called, “What do you want me to do
for you?”
33“Lord,” they said, “we want to see!”
34 Jesus felt sorry for them and touched
their eyes. Instantly they could see!
Then they followed him.
21: 1 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the
town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead.
2“Go into the village over there,” he said.
“As soon as you enter it, you will see a
donkey tied there, with its colt beside it.
Untie them and bring them to me. 3If
anyone asks what you are doing, just say,
‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will immediately let you take them.”
4This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,
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“Tell the people of Jerusalem,*
‘Look, your King is coming to you.
He is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.’”*
6The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. 7 They brought the donkey and
the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.*
8Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and
others cut branches from the trees and
