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Luke 7:29

Weymouth NT

And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism.

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For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?

And if we say, `human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet.«

There came also a party of tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they asked him, »Rabbi, what are we to do?«

»I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.«

But wisdom is justified by all who are truly wise.«

He had been instructed by word of mouth in the way of the Lord, and, being full of burning zeal, he used to speak and teach accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John's.

»Into what then were you baptized?« he asked. »Into John's baptism,« they replied.

Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

And they were singing the song of Moses, God's servant, and the song of the Lamb. Their words were, »Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Ruler of all. Righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of the nations.

And I heard the angel of the waters say, »Righteous art Thou, who art and wast, the holy One, because Thou hast thus taken vengeance.




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