Parallel Bible results for "luke 7:29-30"

Luke 7:29-30

New Revised Standard NRS

29 (And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

30 But by refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves.)

New International Version NIV

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