David himself calls him lord, and how can he be his son?" The mass of the people liked to hear him.

for the mass of people followed them shouting, "Kill him!"

But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind.

For just as that one man's disobedience made the mass of mankind sinners, so this one's obedience will make the mass of them upright.

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.