World English Bible
Luke 7:30
“But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.”
Verse in context — Luke 7
28
For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.
29
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
31
To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
32
They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.
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