Biblical Scapegoat

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
¹⁴ But John forbad Him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
¹⁵ And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered Him.

⁹ And Aaron [Levite priest] shall bring the goat upon which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
¹⁰ But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

²¹ And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
²² And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred.

³ And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
⁴ But He [Jesus] answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And He [God] humbled thee [Israelites], and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
¹² I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹⁵ And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them: but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
¹⁶ But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the Kingdom of God.
¹⁷ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

But He giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth Grace unto the humble.

¹⁰ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
¹¹ Whereas Angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

⁸ Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
⁹ Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.