Luke 7:29

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(When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

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  • Luke 3:12 : 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
  • Luke 7:35 : 35 'Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.'
  • Acts 18:25 : 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  • Acts 19:3 : 3 Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."
  • Rom 3:4-6 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged." 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the saints."
  • Rev 16:5 : 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.'
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  • Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.' 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • John 3:25-26
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    25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

  • Matt 3:5-7
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    5Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him,

    6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

    7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • Luke 7:30
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    30But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.

  • Matt 21:32
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    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 3:3
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    3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15As the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ,

    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

  • Mark 11:30
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    30'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • Acts 13:24
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    24Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • Mark 1:7-10
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    7He proclaimed: 'After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.'

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18John's disciples reported all these things to him. Then John called two of his disciples.

  • Matt 3:13-15
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

    14But John tried to stop Him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?'

    15Jesus answered him, 'Allow it for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John allowed Him.

  • Luke 20:4
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    4Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?'

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    27'This is the one about whom it is written: "Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You."'

    28'I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist. Yet, the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.'

  • John 3:22
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    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

  • Luke 3:21
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    21Now when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized. And as he was praying, heaven was opened,

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

    4Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus."

  • John 1:25-26
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    25They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.'

  • John 1:28
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    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Matt 21:25
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    25Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?' They discussed it among themselves, saying, 'If we say,

  • John 1:31
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    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

  • John 4:1-2
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    1When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

    2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

  • Luke 15:1
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    1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.

  • John 1:33
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    33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Matt 3:3
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    3This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

  • Mark 11:32
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    32But if we say, 'From men,' they were afraid of the crowd, for everyone regarded John as truly a prophet.

  • Luke 3:6-7
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    6and all humanity will see God's salvation.

    7John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

  • John 10:41
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    41Many people came to him and said, 'Though John never performed a sign, all that he said about this man was true.'

  • Acts 10:37
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    37You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—

  • Luke 3:10
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    10The crowds were asking him, "What, then, should we do?"

  • Luke 7:24
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    24After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?'

  • Luke 7:22
    69%

    22He replied to them, 'Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.'

  • Matt 3:11
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    11I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.