King James Version (KJV)
Luke 7:30
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.”
Verse in context — Luke 7
‹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.›
And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
And the Lord said, ‹Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?›
‹They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.›
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