Luke 7:30
Luke 7:28-30 The Message (MSG)
“Let me lay it out for you as plainly as I can: No one in history surpasses John the Baptizer, but in the kingdom he prepared you for, the lowliest person is ahead of him. The ordinary and disreputable people who heard John, by being baptized by him into the kingdom, are the clearest evidence; the Pharisees and religious officials would have nothing to do with such a baptism, wouldn’t think of giving up their place in line to their inferiors.
Luke 7:30 King James Version (KJV)
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke 7:30 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
Luke 7:30 New Century Version (NCV)
But the Pharisees and experts on the law refused to accept God’s plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)
Luke 7:30 American Standard Version (ASV)
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
Luke 7:30 New International Version (NIV)
But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
Luke 7:30 New King James Version (NKJV)
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
Luke 7:30 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But the Pharisees and the lawyers [who were experts in the Mosaic Law] annulled and set aside God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
Luke 7:30 New Living Translation (NLT)
But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.