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Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
Luke 7:30 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 7:30 in other translations
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
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In context
27 This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of men, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by 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 to children sitting in the marketplace and speaking one to another and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. And you say: He hath a devil.
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