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Luke 7:30

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.

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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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
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
KJV
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
WEB
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
ASV
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
DARBY
but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)
BLB
But the Pharisees and the lawyers set aside the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
ÅB
men fariseerne og de lovkyndige gjorde Guds råd til intet for seg og lot seg ikke døpe av ham.
OTB
Men fariseerne og de lovkyndige avviste Guds hensikt for seg selv, da de ikke ble døpt av Johannes.)
B1930
men fariseerne og de lovkyndige gjorde Guds råd til intet for sig og lot sig ikke døpe av ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 13:34

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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  • Matthew 22:35

    One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:1

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

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  • Jeremiah 8:8

    How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

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  • Acts 20:27

    For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

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  • Galatians 2:21

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

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  • Romans 10:21

    But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

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  • Ephesians 1:11

    In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

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