Hosea 11
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The Lord’s Love for Israel
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,(A)
and out of Egypt I called my son.(B)
2 Israel called to the Egyptians(C)
even as Israel was leaving them.[a]
They kept sacrificing to the Baals(D)
and burning offerings to idols.(E)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,(F)
taking them[b] by the hand,[c](G)
but they never knew that I healed them.(H)
4 I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.(I)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;(J)
I bent down to give them food.(K)
5 Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,(L)
because they refused to repent.(M)
6 A sword will whirl through his cities;(N)
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,[d](O)
because of their schemes.(P)
7 My people are bent on turning from me.(Q)
Though they call to him on high,
he will not exalt them at all.
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?(R)
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?(S)
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?(T)
I have had a change of heart;
my compassion is stirred!
9 I will not vent the full fury of my anger;(U)
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.(V)
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;(W)
I will not come in rage.[e]
10 They will follow the Lord;(X)
he will roar like a lion.(Y)
When he roars,
his children will come trembling from the west.(Z)
11 They will be roused like birds from Egypt
and like doves(AA) from the land of Assyria.(AB)
Then I will settle them in their homes.(AC)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Psalm 103:11-14
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11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.(A)
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.(B)
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.(C)
14 For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.(D)
Matthew 23:37
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Jesus’s Lamenting over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem,(A) who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks[a] under her wings, but you were not willing!(B)
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- 23:37 Or as a mother bird gathers her young
John 6:32-40
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32 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, Moses(A) didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 “I am(B) the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me(C) will ever be hungry,(D) and no one who believes in me(E) will ever be thirsty(F) again. 36 But as I told you, you’ve seen me,[a] and yet you do not believe. 37 Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.(G) 38 For I have come down from heaven,(H) not to do my own will, but the will of him(I) who sent me. 39 This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise(J) them up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father: (K) that everyone who sees the Son(L) and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise(M) him up on the last day.”
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- 6:36 Other mss omit me
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