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Hosea 4

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¹ Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city,[6] shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].

² I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of[7] Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah's messenger].

³ "Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

⁴ Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;

⁵ and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

⁶ But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

⁷ for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

⁸ "Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put death.

⁹ And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.

¹⁰ "When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

¹¹ "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a bond-servant above his master.

¹² It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the bond-servant like his master. If they have called the head of the house[8] Beelzebul (Satan), how much more [will they speak evil of] the members of his household.

¹³ "So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed [at the judgment], or kept secret that will not be made known [at the judgment].

¹⁴ What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people].

¹⁵ Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

¹⁶ Are not two little sparrows sold for a[9] copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.

¹⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered [for the Father is sovereign and has complete knowledge].

¹⁸ So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

¹⁹ "Therefore, the one who[10] confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.

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1	Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city,[6] shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].
2	I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of[7] Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah's messenger].
3	"Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].
4	Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;
5	and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
6	But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;
7	for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
8	"Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put death.
9	And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.
10	"When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
11	"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a bond-servant above his master.
12	It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the bond-servant like his master. If they have called the head of the house[8] Beelzebul (Satan), how much more [will they speak evil of] the members of his household.
13	"So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed [at the judgment], or kept secret that will not be made known [at the judgment].
14	What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people].
15	Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
16	Are not two little sparrows sold for a[9] copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.
17	But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered [for the Father is sovereign and has complete knowledge].
18	So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
19	"Therefore, the one who[10] confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven.

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