Hosea 12:2-14

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²The Lord has a charge^(A) to bring against Judah;^(B)
    he will punish^(C) Jacob^[a] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.^(D)
³In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;^(E)
    as a man he struggled^(F) with God.
⁴He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel^(G)
    and talked with him there—
⁵the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!^(H)
⁶But you must return^(I) to your God;
    maintain love and justice,^(J)
    and wait for your God always.^(K)

⁷The merchant uses dishonest scales^(L)
    and loves to defraud.
⁸Ephraim boasts,^(M)
    “I am very rich; I have become wealthy.^(N)
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;^(O)
I will make you live in tents^(P) again,
    as in the days of your appointed festivals.
¹⁰I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables^(Q) through them.”^(R)

¹¹Is Gilead wicked?^(S)
    Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?^(T)
    Their altars will be like piles of stones
    on a plowed field.^(U)
¹²Jacob fled to the country of Aram^[b];^(V)
    Israel served to get a wife,
    and to pay for her he tended sheep.^(W)
¹³The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,^(X)
    by a prophet he cared for him.^(Y)
¹⁴But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
    his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed^(Z)
    and will repay him for his contempt.^(AA)

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Footnotes

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

Matthew 7:13-14

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The Narrow and Wide Gates

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate.^(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. ¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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