Luke 7:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent to you; how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, as workers together with Him, urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will:
  • Jer 8:8 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 29 And all the people who heard him, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

  • Luke 7:31-32
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    31 And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

    32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to one another, and saying, We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept.

  • Mark 7:1-5
    5 verses
    70%

    1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to him, who came from Jerusalem.

    2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

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

    4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables.

    5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

  • Mark 7:7-9
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    70%

    7 However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do.

    9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

  • Matt 3:6-7
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    6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

    7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • John 4:1-2
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    1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

    2 though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples,

  • John 7:47-49
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    47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived?

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

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

  • 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

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    30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

    31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

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    45 Then one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, by saying this you reproach us also.

    46 And he said, Woe to you also, lawyers! for you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

  • 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

  • 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and harlots believed him, and when you had seen it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

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    38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

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

    25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

  • 6 And the Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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    52 Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.

    53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

  • 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk.

  • Acts 7:52-53
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    67%

    52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

    53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.

  • 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

  • 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.

  • 3 And Jesus answered, speaking to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    66%

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

    14 But John tried to stop him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?

  • 14 Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

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

  • 7 Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

  • 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

  • 26 They came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him.

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

  • 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.

  • 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things.

  • 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.