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26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which 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, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.
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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, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
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Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, so also 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 Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
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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 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
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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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