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.

Luke 4:1-13

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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness^(A)

4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,^(B) left the Jordan^(C) and was led by the Spirit^(D) into the wilderness, ²where for forty days^(E) he was tempted^[a] by the devil.^(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

³The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God,^(G) tell this stone to become bread.”

⁴Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’^[b]”^(H)

⁵The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.^(I) ⁶And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me,^(J) and I can give it to anyone I want to. ⁷If you worship me, it will all be yours.”

⁸Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’^[c]”^(K)

⁹The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. ¹⁰For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully;
¹¹they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’^[d]”^(L)

¹²Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’^[e]”^(M)

¹³When the devil had finished all this tempting,^(N) he left him^(O) until an opportune time.

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