Luke 7:30

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Luke 7:30

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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WEB

World English Bible

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

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ASV

American Standard Version

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But the Pharisees and the lawyers set aside the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 7

²⁸ I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹ All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

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

³¹ “To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

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