¹³ Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram^[a] caught by its horns.^(A) He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.^(B)

¹⁷ “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my^(A) treasured possession.^(B) I will spare^(C) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son^(D) who serves him.

¹⁶ For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E)

⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(A)