Luke 7:30

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

But {G1161} the Pharisees {G5330} and {G2532} lawyers {G3544} rejected {G114} the counsel {G1012} of God {G2316} against {G1519} themselves {G1438}, being {G907} not {G3361} baptized {G907} of {G5259} him {G846}.

but the P'rushim and the Torah-teachers, by not letting themselves be immersed by him, nullified for themselves God's plan.

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 for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 13:34 (4 votes)

    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!

  • Jeremiah 8:8 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 10:21 (2 votes)

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

  • Acts 20:27 (2 votes)

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

  • Matthew 22:35 (2 votes)

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

  • 2 Corinthians 6:1 (2 votes)

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

  • Galatians 2:21 (1 votes)

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