²¹ “You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident alien within your city gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

²⁹ Then the Levite, who has no portion or inheritance among you, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates may come, eat, and be satisfied.^(A) And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.^(B)

²² Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of Armies in Jerusalem and to plead for the Lord’s favor.”^{(A) 23} The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you,^(B) for we have heard that God is with you.”

¹² At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise,^(A) without hope^(B) and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood^(C) of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our peace, who made both groups one^(D) and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh,