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26 But the heavenly Jerusalem is the free woman, and she is our spiritual mother.[a] 27 For it is written,

“Rejoice, you childless woman,
    who cannot give birth to any children!
Break into song and shout,
    you who feel no pains of childbirth!
For the children of the deserted woman
    are more numerous than the children
        of the woman who has a husband.”[b]

28 So you,[c] brothers, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

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  1. Galatians 4:26 Other mss. read the mother of us all
  2. Galatians 4:27 Isa 54:1
  3. Galatians 4:28 Other mss. read we