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28 I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is [a]but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he. 29 And all the people when they heard, and the [b]publicans, justified God, [c]being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, [d]being not baptized of him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:28 Greek lesser.
  2. Luke 7:29 See marginal note on 3:12.
  3. Luke 7:29 Or, having been
  4. Luke 7:30 Or, not having been

28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but [a]he that is inferior [to the other citizens] in the kingdom of God is greater [in incomparable privilege] than he.

29 And all the people who heard Him, even the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God [in [b]calling them to repentance and in pronouncing future wrath on the impenitent], being baptized with the baptism of John.

30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God’s purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Luke 7:29 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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

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