Luke 7:30

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

Ephesians 1:11In 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,

Matthew Henry on Luke 7:20-36

John's Message to Jesus; The Ministry of John and of Christ. 19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them,… Read the whole commentary →

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