Unleavened Bread

`Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life;

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven? — read the full passage →

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

`In the first <FI>month<Fi> , in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening;

And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

and on the fifteenth day of this month <FI>is<Fi> the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat;

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only--in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during; — read the full passage →

Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also--and they were the days of the unleavened food--

and Jesus said to them, `Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven; — read the full passage →

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

`And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it;

and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

And on the first <FI>day<Fi> of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou <FI>that<Fi> we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?' — read the full passage →

and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs <FI>are<Fi> bound up in their garments on their shoulder.

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only--in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel. — read the full passage →

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

And on the first <FI>day<Fi> of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou <FI>that<Fi> we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians--

seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any <FI>one<Fi> eating anything fermented--that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land;

unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and any thing fermented is not seen with thee; yea, leaven is not seen with thee in all thy border.

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

And Moses saith unto the people, `Remember this day <FI>in<Fi> which ye have gone out from Egypt, from the house of servants, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this, and any thing fermented is not eaten;

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

`And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side--three hundred and ninety days--thou dost eat it.

the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed <FI>in<Fi> the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear <FI>in<Fi> My presence empty;

`Seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a feast to Jehovah;

and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations--a statute age-during. — read the full passage →

`But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

And the sons of Israel, those found in Jerusalem, make the feast of unleavened things seven days with great joy; and giving praise to Jehovah day by day are the Levites and the priests, with instruments of praise before Jehovah.

and in the fifteenth day of this month <FI>is<Fi> a festival, seven days unleavened food is eaten;

And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

`The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt.

and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting, — read the full passage →

And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.

in the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings they prepare it; with unleavened and bitter things they eat it;

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Appointed seasons of Jehovah, which ye proclaim, holy convocations, <FI>are<Fi> these: they <FI>are<Fi> My appointed seasons:

besides the cakes, fermented bread he doth bring near <FI>with<Fi> his offering, besides the sacrifice of thank-offering of his peace-offerings;

`And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings;

and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, <FI>that,<Fi> having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, `Take, eat, this is my body;'

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved <FI>you<Fi> to do, and those not to neglect.

Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two <FI>loaves<Fi> , of two tenth deals of flour they are, <FI>with<Fi> yeast they are baken, first-<FI> fruits<Fi> to Jehovah.

and bread unleavened, and cakes unleavened anointed with oil, of fine wheaten flour thou dost make them,

anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth. — read the full passage →

and they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted <FI>corn<Fi> , in this self-same day;

and on the fifteenth day of this month <FI>is<Fi> the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not slaughter with a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice; and the sacrifice of the feast of the passover doth not remain till morning:

`And in the first day <FI>is<Fi> a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person--it alone is done by you,

Not good <FI>is<Fi> your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

and I behold another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of the sin that <FI>is<Fi> in my members.

And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst--at any time;

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat, — read the full passage →

and on the fifteenth day of this month <FI>is<Fi> the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat; — read the full passage →

in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, <FI>is<Fi> the passover to Jehovah;

`Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;

having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, — read the full passage →

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'

he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying; — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

`Our appointed bread give us to-day.

And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

All of them <FI>are<Fi> adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

`In the first <FI>month<Fi> , in the fourteenth day of the month, ye have the passover, a feast of seven days, unleavened food is eaten.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

And David gathered again every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand,

`These <FI>are<Fi> appointed seasons of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye proclaim in their appointed seasons:

seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any <FI>one<Fi> eating anything fermented--that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; — read the full passage →

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only--in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands--that is, not of this creation-- — read the full passage →

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out,

and now, having known God--and rather being known by God--how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?