Thereforelet us celebrate the feast,not with oldleaven,norwith the leavenof maliceand wickedness,but with the unleavenedbread of sincerityand truth.
How blessedis the manto whom the LORDdoes not imputeiniquity,And in whose spiritthereis nodeceit!
ThesethingsI rememberand I pourout my soulwithinme. For I used to goalongwith the throng[and] leadthem in processionto the houseof God,With the voiceof joyand thanksgiving,a multitudekeepingfestival.
Sevendaysyou shall eatunleavenedbread,but on the firstdayyou shall removeleavenfrom your houses;for whoevereatsanything leavenedfrom the firstdayuntilthe seventhday,that personshall be cutofffrom Israel.
Sevendaysthere shall be noleavenfoundin your houses;for whoevereatswhatis leavened,that personshall be cutofffrom the congregationof Israel,whether [he is] an alienor a nativeof the land.
They shall eatthe fleshthat [same] night,roastedwith fire,and they shall eatit with unleavenedbreadand bitterherbs.
"For sevendaysyou shall eatunleavenedbread,and on the seventhdaythere shall be a feastto the LORD.
"Unleavenedbreadshall be eatenthroughout the sevendays;and nothingleavenedshall be seenamong you, norshall any leavenbe seenamong you in allyour borders.
The LORDof hostswill preparea lavishbanquetfor allpeopleson thismountain;A banquetof agedwine,choicepieces with marrow,[And] refined,agedwine.
You will havesongsas in the nightwhen you keepthe festival,And gladnessof heartas when one marchesto [the sound of] the flute,To goto the mountainof the LORD,to the Rockof Israel.
Then on the fifteenthdayof the samemonththere is the Feastof UnleavenedBreadto the LORD;for sevendaysyou shall eatunleavenedbread.
Thenthey understoodthat He did not sayto bewareof the leavenof bread,but of the teachingof the Phariseesand Sadducees.
And Jesussaidto them, "Watchout and bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand Sadducees."
And He was giving ordersto them, saying,"Watchout! Bewareof the leavenof the Phariseesand the leavenof Herod."
Underthesecircumstances,after so many thousandsof peoplehad gathered togetherthat they were steppingon one another,He begansayingto His disciplesfirst[of all, ]"Bewareof the leavenof the Pharisees,whichis hypocrisy.
JesussawNathanaelcomingto Him, and saidof him, "Behold,an Israeliteindeed,in whomthereis nodeceit!"
for you are stillfleshly.For sincethere is jealousyand strifeamongyou, are you not fleshly,and are you not walkinglikemere men?
It is actuallyreportedthat there is immoralityamongyou, and immoralityof such a kindas does not exist evenamongthe Gentiles,that someonehashis father'swife.
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
For our proud confidenceis this:the testimonyof our conscience,that in holinessand godlysincerity,not in fleshlywisdombut in the graceof God,we have conductedourselves in the world,and especiallytowardyou.
For we are not likemany,peddlingthe wordof God,but as from sincerity,but as from God,we speakin Christin the sightof God.
I am not speaking[this] as a command,but as provingthroughthe earnestnessof othersthe sincerityof your lovealso.
Gracebe with allthosewho loveour LordJesusChristwith incorruptible[love].
"Threetimesin a yearallyour malesshall appearbeforethe LORDyour Godin the placewhichHe chooses,at the Feastof UnleavenedBreadand at the Feastof Weeksand at the Feastof Booths,and they shall not appearbeforethe LORDempty-handed.
"You shall not eatleavenedbreadwith it; sevendaysyou shall eatwith it unleavenedbread,the breadof affliction(for you cameout of the landof Egyptin haste),sothat you may rememberallthe daysof your lifethe daywhen you cameout of the landof Egypt.
"Now,therefore, fearthe LORDand serveHim in sincerityand truth;and putawaythe godswhichyour fathersservedbeyondthe Riverand in Egypt,and servethe LORD.
soas to livethe restof the timein the fleshno longerfor the lustsof men,but for the willof God.
