Tazria-Metzora — 4/26/25

Torah: Leviticus 13:40 - 13:54 (15)

Gospel: Matthew 15:1-20 (20)

Passages

Torah — Leviticus 13:40 - 13:54

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Leviticus 13:40 - 13:54

13:40 “And if a man becomes bald, his head is bald, he is clean.
13:41 And if he becomes bald from his forehead, his head is bald, he is clean.
13:42 But if a pinkish infection occurs on the bald spot or on the bald forehead, it is an infectious skin disease that sprouts on his bald spot or on his bald forehead.
13:43 So the priest shall examine him, and if the infection’s swelling is pinkish on his bald spot or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of an infectious skin disease on the body,
13:44 he is a man afflicted with a skin disease—he is unclean; the priest certainly shall declare him unclean—his infection is on his head.
13:45 “As for the person who is afflicted with a skin disease, his garments must be torn and his hair must be allowed to hang loosely, and he must cover his upper lip, and he must call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
13:46 For all the days during which the infection is on him, he shall be unclean; he must live alone; his dwelling must be outside the camp.”
13:47 Regulations About Contaminated Fabrics “And when the garment has an infectious skin disease on it, on a wool garment or on a linen garment,
13:48 or on woven material or on a linen fabric, or on wool or on leather or on any work of leather,
13:49 and if the infection is yellowish green or reddish on the garment or on the leather or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object, it is an infectious skin disease and it shall be shown to the priest.
13:50 And the priest shall examine the infection, and he shall confine the infected article for seven days.
13:51 And he shall examine the infection on the seventh day; if the infection has spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on the leather, for any work for which the leather is used, the infection is a destructive skin disease—it is unclean.
13:52 And he shall burn the garment or the woven material or the fabric, whether wool or linen, or any leather object that has the infection, because it is an infectious skin disease, which is destructive—it must be burned in the fire.
13:53 “But if the priest examines it and if the infection has not spread on the garment or on the woven material or on the fabric or on any leather object,
13:54 then the priest shall command, and someone shall wash that on which the infection is, and he shall confine it a second time for seven days.

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Gospel — Matthew 15:1-20

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Matthew 15:1-20

15:1 Human Traditions and God’s Commandments Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat a meal.”
15:3 So he answered and said to them, “Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?
15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die.’
15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or his mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received from me is a gift to God,”
15:6 need not honor his father,’ and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
15:7 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,
15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,
15:9 and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
15:10 Defilement from Within And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Hear and understand:
15:11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth—this defiles a person.”
15:12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
15:13 And he answered and said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
15:14 Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15:15 But Peter answered and said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”
15:16 But he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
15:17 Do you not understand that everything that enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and is evacuated into the latrine?
15:18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
15:19 For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
15:20 These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!”

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