Luke 7:30

Modern

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

Traditional

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

Literal

But the Pharisees and the lawyers set aside the counsel of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

Latin

Pharisæi autem et legisperiti consilium Dei spreverunt in semetipsos, non baptizati ab eo.

Greek

English

But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

Theme notes and profiles

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
2 Corinthians 6:1
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Jeremiah 8:8
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
Matthew 22:35
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Romans 10:21
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Pharisee: A strict Jewish sect known for legalism and hypocrisy