What does it mean to be a "holy" people in an ordinary world? Today in Leviticus, we explore the dietary laws and purity rituals that visually separated Israel from the nations around them. In the New Testament, the religious leaders try to trap Jesus with a political question about taxes, leading to one of His most brilliant and enduring commands: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Today’s Scripture:

📖 Leviticus 11–12 – The distinction between clean and unclean animals, and the purification laws following childbirth. These laws emphasize that every area of life—even what we eat—is under God's lordship.

📖 Mark 12:13–27 – Jesus navigates a political trap regarding taxes and a theological debate with the Sadducees about the reality of the resurrection.

📖 Psalm 30:1–7 – A ...