Hosea 5:15-6:6

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

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us ^(C)return to the Lord;
    for ^(D)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
    he has struck us down, and ^(E)he will bind us up.
²After two days ^(F)he will revive us;
    on the third day he will raise us up,
    that we may live before him.
³^(G)Let us know; ^(H)let us press on to know the Lord;
    ^(I)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^(J)as the showers,
    ^(K)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

⁴What shall I do with you, ^(L)O ^(M)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O ^(N)Judah?
Your love is ^(O)like a morning cloud,
    ^(P)like the dew that goes early away.
⁵Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
    I have slain them ^(Q)by the words of my mouth,
    and my judgment goes forth as the light.
⁶For ^(R)I desire steadfast love^[a] and not sacrifice,
    ^(S)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Footnotes

Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy

Romans 4:13-25

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The Promise Realized Through Faith

¹³For ^(A)the promise to Abraham and his offspring ^(B)that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴^(C)For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. ¹⁵For ^(D)the law brings wrath, but ^(E)where there is no law ^(F)there is no transgression.

¹⁶That is why it depends on faith, ^(G)in order that the promise may rest on grace and ^(H)be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, ^(I)who is the father of us all, ¹⁷as it is written, ^(J)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, ^(K)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence ^(L)the things that do not exist. ¹⁸In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ^(M)“So shall your offspring be.” ¹⁹He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was ^(N)as good as dead (^(O)since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered ^(P)the barrenness^[a] of Sarah's womb. ²⁰No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, ²¹fully convinced that ^(Q)God was able to do what he had promised. ²²That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” ²³But ^(R)the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, ²⁴but for ours also. It will be counted to us ^(S)who believe in ^(T)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, ²⁵^(U)who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised ^(V)for our justification.

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Footnotes

Romans 4:19 Greek deadness

Matthew 9:9-13

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Jesus Calls Matthew

⁹^(A)As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ^(B)Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

¹⁰And as Jesus^[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many ^(C)tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ^(D)“Why does your teacher eat with ^(E)tax collectors and sinners?” ¹²But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³Go and learn ^(F)what this means: ^(G)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For ^(H)I came not to call the righteous, ^(I)but sinners.”