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Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?[a]

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  1. 12:9 Or and really live?

22 But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground. “O God,” they pleaded, “you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Must you be angry with all the people when only one man sins?”

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16 “O Lord, you are the God who gives breath to all creatures. Please appoint a new man as leader for the community.

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God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
    He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
    life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,

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Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[a]

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  1. 3:6 Greek what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
    and the breath of every human being.

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Future Deliverance for Jerusalem

12 This[a] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.

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  1. 12:1 Hebrew An Oracle: This.

16 Lord, your discipline is good,
    for it leads to life and health.
You restore my health
    and allow me to live!

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12 “Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.

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16 For I will not fight against you forever;
    I will not always be angry.
If I were, all people would pass away—
    all the souls I have made.

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So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Children and Parents

Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord,[a] for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”[b]

Fathers,[c] do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

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  1. 6:1 Or Children, obey your parents who belong to the Lord; some manuscripts read simply Children, obey your parents.
  2. 6:2-3 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.
  3. 6:4 Or Parents.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.[a]

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  1. 9:5 Or May God, the one who rules over everything, be praised forever. Amen.

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

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16 ‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.’

And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

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“Each of you must show great respect for your mother and father, and you must always observe my Sabbath days of rest. I am the Lord your God.

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17 The eye that mocks a father
    and despises a mother’s instructions
will be plucked out by ravens of the valley
    and eaten by vultures.

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Dealing with a Rebellious Son

18 “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him. 19 In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate. 20 The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his town must stone him to death. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

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Unworthy Sacrifices

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!

“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?’

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Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.

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for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.[a] I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.

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  1. 9:3 Greek my brothers.

The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,

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30 But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.

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