Luke 7:30

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

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  • Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But concerning Israel He says: 'All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.'
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him we have also obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
  • Jer 8:8 : 8 How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us,’ when the false pen of the scribes has produced lies?

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  • Luke 7:29
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    29 (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.)

  • Luke 7:31-32
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    31 Jesus said, 'To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?'

    32 'They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another: "We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep."'

  • Mark 7:1-5
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    1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

    2 They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

    3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4 And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.

    5 So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Mark 7:7-9
    3 verses
    70%

    7 They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8 You have abandoned the commandment of God and hold onto human traditions, including the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other similar things."

    9 He also said to them, "How skillfully you set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your own tradition.

  • Matt 3:6-7
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    69%

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

    7 But 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?

  • John 4:1-2
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    1 When 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),

  • John 7:47-49
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    47 The Pharisees replied to them, 'Have you also been deceived?'

    48 Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

    49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.

  • Luke 16:15
    68%

    15 Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Mark 11:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30 'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

    31 They reasoned among themselves, saying, 'If we say, From heaven, he will ask, Then why didn’t you believe him?'

  • Luke 11:45-46
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    45 One of the experts in the law answered, 'Teacher, by saying these things, you insult us as well.'

    46 Jesus replied, 'Woe to you as well, experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves do not touch these burdens with even one finger.'

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

  • Matt 21:32
    68%

    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.

  • Luke 11:38-39
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    38 But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

    39 Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • John 1:24-25
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    24 Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

    25 They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

  • Mark 3:6
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    6 Immediately, the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

  • Luke 11:52-53
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    52 Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.

    53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things,

  • Matt 22:15
    67%

    15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words.

  • Acts 7:52-53
    2 verses
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    52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—

    53 you who received the law through angels but have not obeyed it.

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

  • Prov 1:30
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    30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction.

  • Luke 14:3
    66%

    3 Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

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

  • Matt 12:14
    66%

    14 But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against Him, plotting how they might destroy Him.

  • Matt 7:1
    66%

    1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • Luke 3:7
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    7 John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

  • John 12:43
    66%

    43 For they loved the approval of people more than the approval of God.

  • Matt 22:35
    65%

    35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,

  • John 3:26
    65%

    26 So 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 22:41
    65%

    41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

  • 1 Tim 1:7
    65%

    7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or what they so confidently affirm.

  • Mark 7:13
    65%

    13 You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

  • Zech 7:11
    65%

    11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear.

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