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Luke 7:30

World English Bible

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

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Luke 7:30 in other translations

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

Luke 7:30 · American Standard Version

Luke 7:30 in context

  1. 28“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”
  2. 29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
  3. 30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
  4. 31“To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
  5. 32They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’