"But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. {rejected: or, …" — Luke 7:30

Luke 7:30 · KJV

“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. {rejected: or, frustrated} {against...: or, within themselves}”

— Luke 7:30

Verse 29

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

Verse 31

And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

Luke 7 — Context

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. {rejected: or, frustrated} {against...: or, within themselves}

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.

Cross References

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen {doth gather} her brood under {her} wings, and ye would not!

Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say, We {are} wise, and the law of the LORD {is} with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he {it}; the pen of the scribes {is} in vain. {in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood}

Matthew 22:35

Master, which {is} the great commandment in the law?

2 Corinthians 6:1

We then, {as} workers together {with him}, beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 2:21

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness {come} by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

Acts 20:27

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Ephesians 1:11

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: