¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David ^(A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

⁶ And He said to me, ^(A)“It^[a] is done! ^(B)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. ^(C)I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

^2 (A)Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, “Give us water, that we may drink.”

So Moses said to them, “Why do you contend with me? Why do you ^(B)tempt the Lord?”

³ And the people thirsted there for water, and the people ^(C)complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our ^(D)livestock with thirst?”

¹⁶ Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, “Let me not see the death of the boy.” So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

¹⁷ And ^(A)God heard the voice of the lad. Then the ^(B)angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. ¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for ^(C)I will make him a great nation.”

¹⁹ Then ^(D)God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.

^15 (A)This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that ^(B)Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.