⁸ And he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and ^[a]meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

The Test of Knowing Christ

2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ² And ^(B)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^(C)also for the whole world.

²⁶ For such a High Priest was fitting for us, ^(A)who is holy, ^[a]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, ^(B)and has become higher than the heavens;

³ So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was deserving,

¹⁷ Then he said, “Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me ^(A)Abishag the Shunammite as wife.”

⁹ And ^(A)his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of ^(B)Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,