Psalm 50:7-15

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⁷“Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify^(A) against you, Israel:
    I am God, your God.^(B)
⁸I bring no charges^(C) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,^(D) which are ever before me.
⁹I have no need of a bull^(E) from your stall
    or of goats^(F) from your pens,^(G)
¹⁰for every animal of the forest^(H) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(I)
¹¹I know every bird^(J) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(K) are mine.
¹²If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(L) is mine, and all that is in it.^(M)
¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴“Sacrifice thank offerings^(N) to God,
fulfill your vows^(O) to the Most High,^(P)
¹⁵and call^(Q) on me in the day of trouble;^(R)
I will deliver^(S) you, and you will honor^(T) me.”

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Hosea 5:15-6:6

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¹⁵Then I will return to my lair^(A)
    until they have borne their guilt^(B)
    and seek my face^(C)—
in their misery^(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(E)”

Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(F) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(G)
    but he will heal us;^(H)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(I)
²After two days he will revive us;^(J)
    on the third day^(K) he will restore^(L) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(M)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(N)”

⁴“What can I do with you, Ephraim?^(O)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.^(P)
⁵Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(Q)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a]^(R)
⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(S)
    and acknowledgment^(T) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(U)

Footnotes

Hosea 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Romans 4:13-25

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¹³It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise^(A) that he would be heir of the world,^(B) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.^(C) ¹⁴For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,^(D) ¹⁵because the law brings wrath.^(E) And where there is no law there is no transgression.^(F)

¹⁶Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace^(G) and may be guaranteed^(H) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.^(I) ¹⁷As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”^[a]^(J) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life^(K) to the dead and calls^(L) into being things that were not.^(M)

¹⁸Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,^(N) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”^[b]^(O) ¹⁹Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead^(P)—since he was about a hundred years old^(Q)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.^(R) ²⁰Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened^(S) in his faith and gave glory to God,^(T) ²¹being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.^(U) ²²This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”^(V) ²³The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, ²⁴but also for us,^(W) to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him^(X) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.^(Y) ²⁵He was delivered over to death for our sins^(Z) and was raised to life for our justification.^(AA)

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Footnotes

Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

Matthew 9:9-13

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The Calling of Matthew^(A)

⁹As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”^(B) he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

¹⁰While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”^(C)

¹²On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’^[a]^(D) For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”^(E)

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Footnotes

Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6

Matthew 9:18-26

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Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman^(A)

¹⁸While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him^(B) and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her,^(C) and she will live.” ¹⁹Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.

²⁰Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.^(D) ²¹She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

²²Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart,^(E) daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.”^(F) And the woman was healed at that moment.^(G)

²³When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,^(H) ²⁴he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead^(I) but asleep.”^(J) But they laughed at him. ²⁵After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.^(K) ²⁶News of this spread through all that region.^(L)