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Luke 7:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Luke 7:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
29 (And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God,[a] because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. 30 But by refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)
31 “To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
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Luke 7:29-31
New International Version
Luke 7:29-31
New International Version
29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.(A) 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law(B) rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
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