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Hosea 5

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¹ But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.

² "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].

³ For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

⁴ and a man's enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].

⁵ "[11] He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

⁶ And he who does not take his[12] cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me.

⁷ Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].

⁸ "He who receives and welcomes you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

⁹ He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

¹⁰ And whoever gives to one of these little ones [these who are humble in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward."

¹¹ When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and to preach in their [Galilean] cities.

¹² Now when[1] John [the Baptist] in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

¹³ and asked Him, "Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else [who will be the promised One]?"

¹⁴ Jesus answered, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:

¹⁵ the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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1	But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.
2	"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].
3	For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
4	and a man's enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].
5	"[11] He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
6	And he who does not take his[12] cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me.
7	Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
8	"He who receives and welcomes you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
9	He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
10	And whoever gives to one of these little ones [these who are humble in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward."
11	When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and to preach in their [Galilean] cities.
12	Now when[1] John [the Baptist] in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent word by his disciples
13	and asked Him, "Are You the Expected One (the Messiah), or should we look for someone else [who will be the promised One]?"
14	Jesus answered, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
15	the blind receive [their] sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed [by healing] and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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