Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, to purify themselves.

No: but this I say, that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God.

Having said before, "Thou didst not desire, nor hadst pleasure in, sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin," (which are offered by the law) then He adds,

Now his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover:

Now the feast of the passover and unleavened bread was within two days: and the chief priests and the scribes were contriving how they might seize Him by treachery and put Him to death.

follow him, and where he goes in, say to the man of the house, The master inquireth, Where is the room, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?

And his disciples went out, and came into the city, and found every thing as He told them; and so prepared the passover.

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the passover.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat of it.

and say to the master of the house, Our Master inquireth by us, Where is the room, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?

And they went and found as He had told them; and prepared the passover.

And He said unto them, I have earnestly desired to eat of this passover with you before I suffer:

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

For the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those that sold oxen,

And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover on the feast-day, many believed in his name, seeing his miracles, which He wrought.

Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.

Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the pretorium: (now it was morning) and they themselves went not in to the court, least they should be defiled, and so might not eat of the passover.

and saith unto them, I find no fault at all in Him. But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover; will ye therefore that I release to you the king of the Jews?

(And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour.) And he saith to the Jews, Behold your king. But they cried out,

whom he seized and put into prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending, after the passover, to bring him out to the people.

By faith he observed the passover and sprinkling of the blood, that he, who destroyed the first-born of the Egyptians, might not touch them.

Ye know that after two days the passover is to be kept,---and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

Now upon the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, came the disciples to Jesus, saying, where wouldest thou have us make preparation for thee to eat the passover?

And He said, Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The master saith, my time is near, I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples: and the disciples did as Jesus ordered them,

and prepared the passover.

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, That every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord:) and to offer a sacrifice,

and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and well-pleasing to God, as your rational service.

even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.

But if I be even poured forth as a libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all.

And indeed I have it all, and now abound: I am fully supplied, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent by you, a fragrant odor, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

and for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.

(for then He must indeed have suffered often since the foundation of the world) but now once at the conclusion of the ages He hath been made manifest for the abolishing of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Wherefore upon his coming into the world He saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body hast thou prepared me:

but He having offered one sacrifice for sins, is for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

For if we sin wilfully after having received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins;

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

"I desire mercy rather than sacrifice:" for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

and if ye had known what that scripture means, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

For every one shall be as it were salted by fire, and every sacrifice shall be seasoned as with salt.