⁵ No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

³⁹ Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads^(A)

²⁹ Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads^(A) and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,^(B)

³² This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

²⁵ He chose to be mistreated^(A) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

⁹ Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.^(A)

Ingrafted Branches

¹¹ Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!^(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles^(B) to make Israel envious.^(C)