‘But Jesus answered and said unto them, “You go astray, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.” '

Jesus, however, pointed out that they went astray in their thinking for two reasons. Firstly because they did not know the Scriptures, and secondly because they did not appreciate the power of God. He then deals with these ideas in the reverse order in a typical chiasmus.

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