²⁹ How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God^(A) underfoot,^(B) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant^(C) that sanctified them,^(D) and who has insulted the Spirit^(E) of grace?^{(F) 30} For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a](G) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{[b](H) 31} It is a dreadful thing^(I) to fall into the hands^(J) of the living God.^(K)