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Luke 7:29-31
Lexham English Bible
Luke 7:29-31
Lexham English Bible
29 (And all the people, when they[a] heard this[b]—even the tax collectors—affirmed the righteousness of God, because they[c] had been baptized with the baptism of John, 30 but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, because they[d] had not been baptized by him.)
31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
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- Luke 7:29 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 7:29 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 7:29 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had been baptized”) which is understood as causal
- Luke 7:30 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been baptized”) which is understood as causal
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