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Luke 11
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Luke 11
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Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer(A)(B)
11 One day Jesus was praying(C) in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,(D) teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(E) come.[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c](F)
And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”(G)
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(H)
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;(I) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Jesus and Beelzebul(J)(K)
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.(L) 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul,(M) the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”(N) 16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.(O)
17 Jesus knew their thoughts(P) and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18 If Satan(Q) is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God,(R) then the kingdom of God(S) has come upon you.
21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
23 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.(T)
24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”(U)
27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”(V)
28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(W) and obey it.”(X)
The Sign of Jonah(Y)
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign,(Z) but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.(AA) 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom;(AB) and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;(AC) and now something greater than Jonah is here.
The Lamp of the Body(AD)
33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.(AE) 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,[g] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,[h] your body also is full of darkness. 35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law
37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.(AF) 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.(AG)
39 Then the Lord(AH) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.(AI) 40 You foolish people!(AJ) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,(AK) and everything will be clean for you.(AL)
42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth(AM) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.(AN) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.(AO)
43 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.(AP)
44 “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,(AQ) which people walk over without knowing it.”
45 One of the experts in the law(AR) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.(AS)
47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(AT) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(AU) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(AV) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(AW) to the blood of Zechariah,(AX) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(AY)
52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”(AZ)
53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(BA)
Footnotes
- Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
- Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- Luke 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
- Luke 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
- Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
- Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
- Luke 11:34 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
- Luke 11:34 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
Hosea 11-14
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Hosea 11-14
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God’s Love for Israel
11 “When Israel was a child,(A) I loved(B) him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.(C)
2 But the more they were called,
the more they went away from me.[a](D)
They sacrificed to the Baals(E)
and they burned incense to images.(F)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;(G)
but they did not realize
it was I who healed(H) them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.(I)
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed(J) them.(K)
5 “Will they not return to Egypt(L)
and will not Assyria(M) rule over them
because they refuse to repent?(N)
6 A sword(O) will flash in their cities;
it will devour(P) their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.
7 My people are determined to turn(Q) from me.(R)
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
8 “How can I give you up,(S) Ephraim?(T)
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?(U)
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion(V) is aroused.(W)
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger,(X)
nor will I devastate(Y) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(Z)—
the Holy One(AA) among you.
I will not come against their cities.
10 They will follow the Lord;
he will roar(AB) like a lion.(AC)
When he roars,
his children will come trembling(AD) from the west.(AE)
11 They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria,(AF) fluttering like doves.(AG)
I will settle them in their homes,”(AH)
declares the Lord.
Israel’s Sin
12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(AI)
Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful(AJ) Holy One.[b](AK)
12 [c]1 Ephraim(AL) feeds on the wind;(AM)
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.(AN)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(AO)
and sends olive oil to Egypt.(AP)
2 The Lord has a charge(AQ) to bring against Judah;(AR)
he will punish(AS) Jacob[d] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.(AT)
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(AU)
as a man he struggled(AV) with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(AW)
and talked with him there—
5 the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!(AX)
6 But you must return(AY) to your God;
maintain love and justice,(AZ)
and wait for your God always.(BA)
7 The merchant uses dishonest scales(BB)
and loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim boasts,(BC)
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(BD)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
9 “I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;(BE)
I will make you live in tents(BF) again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables(BG) through them.”(BH)
11 Is Gilead wicked?(BI)
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(BJ)
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.(BK)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[e];(BL)
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.(BM)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(BN)
by a prophet he cared for him.(BO)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(BP)
and will repay him for his contempt.(BQ)
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(BR)
he was exalted(BS) in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship(BT) and died.
2 Now they sin more and more;
they make(BU) idols for themselves from their silver,(BV)
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.(BW)
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[f](BX) calf-idols!(BY)”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,(BZ)
like chaff(CA) swirling from a threshing floor,(CB)
like smoke(CC) escaping through a window.
4 “But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.(CD)
You shall acknowledge(CE) no God but me,(CF)
no Savior(CG) except me.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness,(CH)
in the land of burning heat.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;(CI)
then they forgot(CJ) me.(CK)
7 So I will be like a lion(CL) to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(CM)
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(CN) I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.(CO)
9 “You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me,(CP) against your helper.(CQ)
10 Where is your king,(CR) that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?(CS)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(CT)
and in my wrath I took him away.(CU)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.(CV)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(CW) come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(CX) arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(CY)
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(CZ)
I will redeem them from death.(DA)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?(DB)
“I will have no compassion,
15 even though he thrives(DC) among his brothers.
An east wind(DD) from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.(DE)
His storehouse will be plundered(DF)
of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(DG) must bear their guilt,(DH)
because they have rebelled(DI) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(DJ)
their little ones will be dashed(DK) to the ground,
their pregnant women(DL) ripped open.”[g]
Repentance to Bring Blessing
14 [h]Return,(DM) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(DN) have been your downfall!(DO)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(DP) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(DQ)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[i](DR)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(DS)
we will not mount warhorses.(DT)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(DU)
to what our own hands have made,(DV)
for in you the fatherless(DW) find compassion.”
4 “I will heal(DX) their waywardness(DY)
and love them freely,(DZ)
for my anger has turned away(EA) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(EB) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(EC)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(ED)
he will send down his roots;(EE)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(EF)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(EG)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(EH)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(EI) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(EJ) of Lebanon.(EK)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[j] to do with idols?(EL)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(EM)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
- Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.
- Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
- Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
- Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
- Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
- Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
- Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim
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