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26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
27 For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."
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For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
28 Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now.
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At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
30 But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son; for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."
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But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
31 So, brethren, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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