Luke 7:30

Amplified Bible

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:25

And you treated all my counsel as nothing And would not accept my reprimand,

Jeremiah 8:8

¶“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with us [and we are learned in its language and teachings]’? Behold, [the truth is that] the lying pen of the scribes Has made the law into a lie [a mere code of ceremonial observances]. [Mark 7:13]

Matthew 22:35

One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him:

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing! [Matt 23:37-39]

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are firmly convinced that John was a prophet.”

Luke 7:31

“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation [who set aside God’s plan], and what are they like?

Acts 20:27

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan of God.

Romans 10:21

But of Israel he says, “All day long I have stretched out My hands [in compassion] to a disobedient and obstinate people.” [Is 65:2]

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with Him, we strongly urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain [by turning away from sound doctrine and His merciful kindness].

Galatians 2:21

I do not ignore or nullify the [gracious gift of the] grace of God [His amazing, unmerited favor], for if righteousness comes through [observing] the Law, then Christ died needlessly. [His suffering and death would have had no purpose whatsoever.]”

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will,