{"query": "The Invitation Requires Nothing First", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_cf582aac7b6d", "title": "The Invitation Requires Nothing First", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine.\n\nThe disciples had just worked through the night without catching a thing. Then, at Jesus' word, the net filled. They hauled the catch ashore — and found that he "}, {"id": "card_c_5e9ce88a689a", "title": "The Meal Before the Mission ↔ The Invitation Requires Nothing First", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "No agenda attached, no performance required first.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_n_3eac20d6d4c5", "title": "Easton: First-fruits", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) 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