Hosea 11:1-11

Hosea 10 Hosea 12

Hosea 11:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude

11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
    and out of Egypt I called my son.
²The more I^[a] called them,
    the more they went from me;^[b]
they kept sacrificing to the Baals,
    and offering incense to idols.

³Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    I took them up in my^[c] arms;
    but they did not know that I healed them.
⁴I led them with cords of human kindness,
    with bands of love.
I was to them like those
    who lift infants to their cheeks.^[d]
    I bent down to them and fed them.

⁵They shall return to the land of Egypt,
    and Assyria shall be their king,
    because they have refused to return to me.
⁶The sword rages in their cities,
    it consumes their oracle-priests,
    and devours because of their schemes.
⁷My people are bent on turning away from me.
    To the Most High they call,
    but he does not raise them up at all.^[e]

⁸How can I give you up, Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
    How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.
⁹I will not execute my fierce anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and no mortal,
    the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.^[f]

¹⁰They shall go after the Lord,
    who roars like a lion;
when he roars,
    his children shall come trembling from the west.
¹¹They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,
    and like doves from the land of Assyria;
    and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord.

Footnotes:

Hosea 11:2 Gk: Heb they
Hosea 11:2 Gk: Heb them
Hosea 11:3 Gk Syr Vg: Heb his
Hosea 11:4 Or who ease the yoke on their jaws
Hosea 11:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hosea 11:9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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Psalm 107:1-9

Psalm 106 Psalm 108

Psalm 107:1-9 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

BOOK V

(Psalms 107–150)

Psalm 107

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Many Troubles

¹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    for his steadfast love endures forever.
²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
    those he redeemed from trouble
³and gathered in from the lands,
    from the east and from the west,
    from the north and from the south.^[a]

⁴Some wandered in desert wastes,
    finding no way to an inhabited town;
⁵hungry and thirsty,
    their soul fainted within them.
⁶Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress;
⁷he led them by a straight way,
    until they reached an inhabited town.
⁸Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to humankind.
⁹For he satisfies the thirsty,
    and the hungry he fills with good things.

Footnotes:

Psalm 107:3 Cn: Heb sea

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Psalm 107:43

Psalm 106 Psalm 108

Psalm 107:43 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

⁴³Let those who are wise give heed to these things,
and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

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Psalm 107:43 in all English translations

Colossians 3:1-11

Colossians 2 Colossians 4

Colossians 3:1-11 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The New Life in Christ

3 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. ²Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, ³for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ who is your^[a] life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

⁵Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). ⁶On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.^[b] ⁷These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.^[c] ⁸But now you must get rid of all such things—anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive^[d] language from your mouth. ⁹Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices ¹⁰and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. ¹¹In that renewal^[e] there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

Footnotes:

Colossians 3:4 Other authorities read our
Colossians 3:6 Other ancient authorities lack on those who are disobedient (Gk the children of disobedience)
Colossians 3:7 Or living among such people
Colossians 3:8 Or filthy
Colossians 3:11 Gk its creator, ¹¹where

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Luke 11:13-21

Luke 10 Luke 12

Luke 11:13-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹³If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit^[a] to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

¹⁴Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. ¹⁵But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” ¹⁶Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. ¹⁸If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? —for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists^[b] cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. ²⁰But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. ²¹When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe.