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Luke 7:30

28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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

31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Luke 13:34

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

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  • Matthew 22:35

    Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:1

    We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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  • Jeremiah 8:8

    How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

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  • Acts 20:27

    For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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  • Galatians 2:21

    I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

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  • Romans 10:21

    But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

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  • Ephesians 1:11

    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

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