Luke 7:29

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.

Cross References

Luke 3:12

When tax collectors came to be baptized, they asked John, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 7:35

Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.

Revelation 16:5

Then I heard the angel, who has power over water, say, “You have always been, and you always will be the holy God. You had the right to judge in this way.

Revelation 15:3

and they were singing the song his servant Moses and the Lamb had sung. They were singing, “Lord God All-Powerful, you have done great and marvelous things. You are the ruler of all nations, and you do what is right and fair.

Romans 10:3

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Acts 19:3

“Then why were you baptized?” Paul asked. They answered, “Because of what John taught.”

Acts 18:25

He also knew much about the Lord's Way, and he spoke about it with great excitement. What he taught about Jesus was right, but all he knew was John's message about baptism.

Psalm 51:4

You are really the one I have sinned against; I have disobeyed you and have done wrong. So it is right and fair for you to correct and punish me.

Judges 1:7

and he said, “I've cut off the thumbs and big toes of 70 kings and made those kings crawl around under my table for scraps of food. Now God is paying me back.” The army of Judah took the king of Bezek along with them to Jerusalem, where he died.

Matthew 5:46

If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for this? Even tax collectors love their friends.

Luke 7:28

No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.

Luke 20:6

And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”