Naso, נָשֹׂא

Passages

Torah: Numbers 5:1 - 5:10
Gospel: Luke 5:27-6:11

Torah — Numbers 5:1 - 5:10

5:1 Rules Concerning Those Unclean Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

5:2 “Command the Israelites: they must send everyone from the camp who is afflicted with a rash, everyone with a fluid discharge, and everyone unclean through contact with a corpse.

5:3 You will send away both male and female; you will send them outside the camp. They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst.”

5:4 So the Israelites did so. They sent them away outside the camp; just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the Israelites.

5:5 Rules of Restitution Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

5:6 “Speak to the Israelites: ‘When a man or woman commits any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, it is a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty;

5:7 they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution for their guilt by adding a fifth to it and giving it to whomever was wronged.

5:8 But if the man does not have a redeemer to make restitution to him for the reparation, the reparation is to be given to Yahweh for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him.

5:9 And every contribution of all the holy objects of the Israelites that they bring to the priest for him will be his.

5:10 The holy objects of a man will be for him; whatever he gives to the priest will be for him.’”

5:1 Making the Camp Pure The Lord spoke to Moses. He said,

5:2 “Tell the Israelites that certain people must be sent away from the camp. Command them to send away anyone who has a skin disease. They must send away all those who have a liquid waste coming from their bodies. And they must send away those who are not ‘clean’ because they have touched a dead body.

5:3 That applies to men and women alike. Send them out of the camp. They must not make their camp ‘unclean.’ That is where I live among them.”

5:4 So the people of Israel did what the Lord commanded. They sent those who were not “clean” out of the camp. They did just as the Lord had directed Moses.

5:5 Sins Against Others Must Be Paid For The Lord said to Moses,

5:6 “Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘Suppose a man or woman does something wrong to someone else. Then that person is not being faithful to the Lord. People like that are guilty.

5:7 “‘They must admit they have committed a sin. They must pay in full for what they did wrong. And they must add a fifth to it. Then they must give all of it to the person they have sinned against.

5:8 “‘But suppose the person has died. And suppose there is not a close relative who can be paid for the sin that was committed. Then what is paid belongs to the Lord. It must be given to the priest. A ram must be given along with it. The ram must be sacrificed to the Lord to pay for the sin.

5:9 “‘All of the sacred gifts the people of Israel bring to a priest will belong to him.

5:10 Sacred gifts belong to the man who gives them. But what he gives to a priest will belong to the priest.’”

Gospel — Luke 5:27-6:11

5:27 Levi Called to Follow Jesus And after these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!”

5:28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow him.

5:29 And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

5:30 And the Pharisees and their scribes began to complain to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

5:31 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.

5:32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

5:33 On Fasting And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and make prayers—likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees—but yours are eating and drinking!”

5:34 So he said to them, “You are not able to make the bridegroom’s attendants fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, are you?

5:35 But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

5:36 And he also told a parable to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch that is from the new.

5:37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed.

5:38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

5:39 And no one after drinking old wine wants new, because he says, ‘The old is just fine!’”

6:1 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath Now it happened that on a Sabbath he went through the grain fields, and his disciples were picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

6:2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

6:3 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you not read this, what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry—

6:4 how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), and ate it and gave it to those with him?”

6:5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

6:6 A Man with a Withered Hand Healed Now it happened that on another Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there, and his right hand was withered.

6:7 So the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, in order that they could find a reason to accuse him.

6:8 But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the middle,” and he got up and stood there.

6:9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

6:10 And after looking around at them all, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand,” and he did, and his hand was restored.

6:11 But they were filled with fury, and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

5:27 Jesus Chooses Levi After this, Jesus left the house. He saw a tax collector sitting at the tax booth. The man’s name was Levi. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him.

5:28 Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

5:29 Then Levi gave a huge dinner for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

5:30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of the law complained to Jesus’ disciples. They said, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”

5:31 Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy don’t need a doctor. Sick people do.

5:32 I have not come to get those who think they are right with God to follow me. I have come to get sinners to turn away from their sins.”

5:33 Jesus Is Asked About Fasting Some of the people who were there said to Jesus, “John’s disciples often pray and go without eating. So do the disciples of the Pharisees. But yours go on eating and drinking.”

5:34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the guests of the groom go without eating while he is with them?

5:35 But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them. In those days they will fast.”

5:36 Then Jesus gave them an example. He said, “People don’t tear a patch from new clothes and sew it on old clothes. If they do, they will tear the new clothes. Also, the patch from the new clothes will not match the old clothes.

5:37 People don’t pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the new wine will burst the skins. The wine will run out, and the wineskins will be destroyed.

5:38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

5:39 After people drink old wine, they don’t want the new. They say, ‘The old wine is better.’”

6:1 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath Day One Sabbath day Jesus was walking through the grainfields. His disciples began to break off some heads of grain. They rubbed them in their hands and ate them.

6:2 Some of the Pharisees said, “It is against the Law to do this on the Sabbath. Why are you doing it?”

6:3 Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you ever read about what David did? He and his men were hungry.

6:4 He entered the house of God and took the holy bread. He ate the bread that only priests were allowed to eat. David also gave some to his men.”

6:5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day.”

6:6 On another Sabbath day, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching. A man whose right hand was weak and twisted was there.

6:7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were trying to find fault with Jesus. So they watched him closely. They wanted to see if he would heal on the Sabbath.

6:8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. He spoke to the man who had the weak and twisted hand. “Get up and stand in front of everyone,” he said. So the man got up and stood there.

6:9 Then Jesus said to them, “What does the Law say we should do on the Sabbath day? Should we do good? Or should we do evil? Should we save life? Or should we destroy it?”

6:10 He looked around at all of them. Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was as good as new.

6:11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were very angry. They began to talk to each other about what they might do to Jesus.

Passages

Torah — Numbers 5:1 - 5:10

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Gospel — Luke 5:27-6:11

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