Luke 7:29-31

New International Version - UK

²⁹ (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptised by John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptised by John.)

³¹ Jesus went on to say, ‘To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?