30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)


In Context

27 This is the one about whom it is written: " 'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

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.

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

31 "To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?

32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: " 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.'

Luke 7:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:30but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:30but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.