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Luke 7:30-32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Luke 7:30-32
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law, not having been baptized by him, rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)(A)
31 “To what, then, will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.’
Luke 7:30-32
New International Version
Luke 7:30-32
New International Version
30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law(A) rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:
“‘We played the pipe for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not cry.’
Luke 7:30-32
King James Version
Luke 7:30-32
King James Version
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
32 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.
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Luke 7:30-32
New King James Version
Luke 7:30-32
New King James Version
30 But the Pharisees and [a]lawyers rejected (A)the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
31 [b]And the Lord said, (B)“To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying:
‘We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not weep.’
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