³⁰ But the Pharisees and the experts in the law^(A) rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

²¹ I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,^(A) Christ died for nothing!”^[a]

²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^(A)