Luke 7:29

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(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

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  • Luke 3:12 : 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”
  • Luke 7:35 : 35 But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
  • Acts 18:25 : 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
  • Acts 19:3 : 3 So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.
  • Rom 3:4-6 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • Rev 15:3 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
  • Rev 16:5 : 5 Now I heard the angel of the waters saying:“You are just– the one who is and who was, the Holy One– because you have passed these judgments,
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 Adoni-Bezek said,“Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
  • Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him, 6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
  • Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said,“The first.” Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! 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. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

  • John 3:25-26
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    25Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

    26So they came to John and said to him,“Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified– see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

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

    6and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

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

  • Luke 7:30
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    30However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

  • 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. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

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

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

    16John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”

  • Mark 11:30
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    30John’s baptism– was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”

  • Acts 13:24
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    24Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • Mark 1:7-10
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    7He proclaimed,“One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    9The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

    10And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18Jesus and John the Baptist John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

  • Matt 3:13-15
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    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    14But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

    15So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

  • Luke 20:4
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    4John’s baptism– was it from heaven or from people?”

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    27This is the one about whom it is written,‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

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

  • John 3:22
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    22Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

  • Luke 3:21
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    21The Baptism of Jesus Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

    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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    25So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

    26John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

  • John 1:28
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    28These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

  • Matt 3:1
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  • Matt 21:25
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    25Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” They discussed this among themselves, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

  • John 1:31
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    31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

  • John 4:1-2
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    1Departure From Judea Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

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

  • Luke 15:1
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    1The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

  • John 1:33
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    33And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting 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 people–’”(they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

  • Luke 3:6-7
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    6and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”

    7So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • John 10:41
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    41Many came to him and began to say,“John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

  • Acts 10:37
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    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • Luke 3:10
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    10So the crowds were asking him,“What then should we do?”

  • Luke 7:24
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    24When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • Luke 7:22
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    22So he answered them,“Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

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