But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Parallel translations
- WEB But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
- BSB But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- NKJV But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
- NASB But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
- NLT But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
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Quick answer
The Pharisees and lawyers rejected God's purpose by refusing John's baptism. Their pride blinded them to God's saving call.
Overview
In contrast to the repentant, the religious leaders spurned God's plan by declining John's baptism of repentance. Their self-righteousness left them unprepared to receive the Messiah. This sober warning shows that rejecting God's appointed means and messengers is to reject God's gracious counsel for salvation.
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Cross-references · 8
- Luke 13:34O 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!
- 2 Cor 6:1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
- Jer 8:8How 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.
- Matt 22:35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- Rom 10:21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
- Eph 1:11In 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:
- Gal 2:21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
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