I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Now a mediator involves more than one party, but God is one.

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."

Let no one make any more trouble for me, because I carry the scars of Jesus on my own body.