Hosea 5:8-6:6

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)Blow the horn in ^(B)Gibeah,
    the trumpet in ^(C)Ramah.
Sound the alarm at ^(D)Beth-aven;
    we follow you,^[a] O Benjamin!
⁹Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.
¹⁰The princes of Judah have become
    like ^(E)those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.
¹¹Ephraim is ^(F)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after filth.^[b]
¹²But I am ^(G)like a moth to Ephraim,
    and ^(H)like dry rot to the house of Judah.

¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness,
    and Judah ^(I)his wound,
then Ephraim went ^(J)to Assyria,
    and sent to the great king.^[c]
^(K)But he is not able to cure you
    or heal ^(L)your wound.
¹⁴For I will be ^(M)like a lion to ^(N)Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of ^(O)Judah.
^(P)I, even I, will tear and go away;
    I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

¹⁵^(Q)I will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and ^(R)in their distress earnestly seek me.

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us ^(S)return to the Lord;
    for ^(T)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(U)he will bind us up.
²After two days ^(V)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
³^(W)Let us know; ^(X)let us press on to know the Lord;
    ^(Y)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^(Z)as the showers,
    ^(AA)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

⁴What shall I do with you, ^(AB)O ^(AC)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O ^(AD)Judah?
Your love is ^(AE)like a morning cloud,
    ^(AF)like the dew that goes early away.
⁵Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them ^(AG)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.
⁶For ^(AH)I desire steadfast love^[d] and not sacrifice,
    ^(AI)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Footnotes

Hosea 5:8 Or after you
Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts
Hosea 5:13 Or to King Jareb
Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy

Matthew 11

English Standard Version

Messengers from John the Baptist

11 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

²^(A)Now when John heard ^(B)in prison about the deeds of ^(C)the Christ, he sent word by ^(D)his disciples ³and said to him, “Are you ^(E)the one who is to come, or shall we ^(F)look for another?” ⁴And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: ⁵^(G)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers^[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^(H)the poor have good news preached to them. ⁶And blessed is the one who ^(I)is not offended by me.”

⁷As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out ^(J)into the wilderness to see? ^(K)A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸What then did you go out to see? A man^[b] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. ⁹What then did you go out to see? ^(L)A prophet?^[c] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is he of whom it is written,

^(M)“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’

¹¹Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²^(N)From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,^[d] and the violent take it by force. ¹³^(O)For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, ¹⁴and if you are willing to accept it, he is ^(P)Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵^(Q)He who has ears to hear,^[e] let him hear.

¹⁶“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

¹⁷“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

¹⁸For John came ^(R)neither eating ^(S)nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹The Son of Man came ^(T)eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, ^(U)a friend of ^(V)tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”^[f]

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

²⁰^(W)Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. ²¹^(X)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^(Y)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²^(Z)But I tell you, it will be more bearable on ^(AA)the day of judgment for ^(AB)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³And you, ^(AC)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to ^(AD)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴^(AE)But I tell you that ^(AF)it will be more tolerable on ^(AG)the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

²⁵^(AH)At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^(AI)Lord of heaven and earth, that ^(AJ)you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^(AK)revealed them to little children; ²⁶yes, Father, for such was your ^(AL)gracious will.^[g] ²⁷^(AM)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son ^(AN)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone ^(AO)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸^(AP)Come to ^(AQ)me, all who labor and are ^(AR)heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and ^(AS)learn from me, for I am ^(AT)gentle and lowly in heart, and ^(AU)you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For ^(AV)my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Footnotes

Matthew 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Matthew 11:8 Or Why then did you go out? To see a man…
Matthew 11:9 Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?
Matthew 11:12 Or has been coming violently
Matthew 11:15 Some manuscripts omit to hear
Matthew 11:19 Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)
Matthew 11:26 Or for so it pleased you well

Hosea 8

English Standard Version

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

8 Set ^(A)the trumpet to your lips!
    One ^(B)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because ^(C)they have transgressed my covenant
    and rebelled against my law.
²To me they cry,
    ^(D)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
³Israel has spurned the good;
    the enemy shall pursue him.

⁴^(E)They made kings, ^(F)but not through me.
    They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
    for their own destruction.
⁵^(G)I have^[a] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
    My anger burns against them.
^(H)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
⁶For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
    it is not God.
^(I)The calf of Samaria
    ^(J)shall be broken to pieces.^[b]

⁷For ^(K)they sow the wind,
    and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
    it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
    ^(L)strangers would devour it.
⁸^(M)Israel is swallowed up;
    already they are among the nations
    as ^(N)a useless vessel.
⁹For ^(O)they have gone up to Assyria,
    ^(P)a wild donkey wandering alone;
    Ephraim has hired lovers.
¹⁰Though they hire allies among the nations,
    I will soon gather them up.
And ^(Q)the king and princes ^(R)shall soon writhe
    because of the tribute.

¹¹Because Ephraim ^(S)has multiplied altars for sinning,
    they have become to him altars for sinning.
¹²^(T)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
    they would be regarded as a strange thing.
¹³As for my sacrificial offerings,
    ^(U)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
    but the Lord does not accept them.
^(V)Now he will remember their iniquity
    and punish their sins;
    ^(W)they shall return to Egypt.
¹⁴For ^(X)Israel has forgotten ^(Y)his Maker
    and ^(Z)built palaces,
and ^(AA)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
    so ^(AB)I will send a fire upon his cities,
    and it shall devour her strongholds.

Footnotes

Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames

Galatians 5:2-26

English Standard Version

²Look: I, Paul, say to you that ^(A)if you accept circumcision, ^(B)Christ will be of no advantage to you. ³I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that ^(C)he is obligated to keep the whole law. ⁴You are ^(D)severed from Christ, ^(E)you who would be justified^[a] by the law; ^(F)you have fallen away from grace. ⁵For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly ^(G)wait for the hope of righteousness. ⁶For in Christ Jesus ^(H)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but ^(I)only faith working through love.

⁷^(J)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying ^(K)the truth? ⁸This persuasion is not from ^(L)him who calls you. ⁹^(M)A little leaven leavens the whole lump. ¹⁰^(N)I have confidence in the Lord that you will ^(O)take no other view, and ^(P)the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. ¹¹But if I, brothers,^[b] still preach^[c] circumcision, ^(Q)why am I still being persecuted? In that case ^(R)the offense of the cross has been removed. ¹²I wish ^(S)those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

¹³For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^(T)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^(U)serve one another. ¹⁴For ^(V)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(W)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵But if you ^(X)bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

¹⁶But I say, ^(Y)walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify ^(Z)the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷For ^(AA)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, ^(AB)to keep you from doing the things you want to do. ¹⁸But if you are ^(AC)led by the Spirit, ^(AD)you are not under the law. ¹⁹Now ^(AE)the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(AF)divisions, ²¹envy,^[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that ^(AG)those who do^[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But ^(AH)the fruit of the Spirit is ^(AI)love, joy, peace, patience, ^(AJ)kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³^(AK)gentleness, ^(AL)self-control; ^(AM)against such things there is no law. ²⁴And those who belong to Christ Jesus ^(AN)have crucified the flesh with its ^(AO)passions and desires.

²⁵If we live by the Spirit, ^(AP)let us also keep in step with the Spirit. ²⁶^(AQ)Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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