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Luke 7:29

John
Repentance

27 This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

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.”

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?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
KJV
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
WEB
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
ASV
And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
DARBY
(And all the people who heard [it], and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;
BLB
And all the people having heard, even the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been baptized [with] the baptism of John.
ÅB
Og alt folket som hørte ham, og tollerne, de gav Gud rett og lot seg døpe med Johannes' dåp;
OTB
(Alle folket, inkludert tollerne, da de hørte Jesu ord, anerkjente Guds rettferdighet, etter å ha blitt døpt av Johannes.
B1930
Og alt folket som hørte ham, og tolderne, de gav Gud rett og lot sig døpe med Johannes' dåp;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 3:12

    Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

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  • Luke 7:35

    But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

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  • Psalms 51:4

    Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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  • Matthew 21:31–32

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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  • Revelation 16:5

    And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.

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  • Acts 18:25

    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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  • Revelation 15:3

    and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

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  • Romans 10:3

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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