but, the Pharisees and the lawyers, had set aside, the counsel of God against themselves, not being immersed by him.
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! How often, have I desired to gather together thy children, like as a hen, her own brood, under her wings,—and ye did not desire!
How can ye say, Wise, are, we, And the law of Yahweh, is with us? But indeed lo! falsely, hath dealt the false pen of the scribes!
As co-workers, however, we also beseech, that, not in vain, the favour of God, ye welcome;
Whereas, regarding Israel, he saith—All day long, have I stretched forth my hands unto a people unyielding and contradicting.
for I have not shrunk from announcing all the counsel of God unto you.
and one from among them, a lawyer, proposed a question, putting him to the test:
In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will,
I do not set aside the favour of God; for, if, through law, is righteousness, then, Christ, without cause, died.
But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
Unto what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And unto what are they like?
But, if we say, Of men, the people, one and all, will stone us, for, persuaded, they are, that, John, was, a prophet.