³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen `gathereth' her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

⁸ How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

²⁷ For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.

²¹ But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

¹ And working together `with him' we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

²¹ I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

¹¹ in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;