Tosefta for Jeremiah 3:14
שׁ֣וּבוּ בָנִ֤ים שׁוֹבָבִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אָנֹכִ֖י בָּעַ֣לְתִּי בָכֶ֑ם וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֜ם אֶחָ֣ד מֵעִ֗יר וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה וְהֵבֵאתִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם צִיּֽוֹן׃
Return, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am a lord unto you, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion;
Tosefta Demai
And everyone who [attempts to] return among these, we don't ever accept them back, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehudah says, [if] they returned publicly, we accept them back, [but] if privately, we don't accept them back. Rabbi Shimon and Rabbi Joshua son of Karcha say, we accept them back either way, as it is said (Jer. 3:14), "Turn back, rebellious children [declares the LORD, etc.]."
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