I did the things you say are wrong.\par God, you are the One I sinned against.\par I confess these things so people will know\par I am wrong, and you are right.\par Your decisions are fair.\par
Luke 7:29 - Easy To Read Version (When the people heard this, they all agreed that God’s teaching was good. Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [135]} agreed. These were the people that were baptized {\cf2\super [136]} by John. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the people who heard Him, even the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God [in calling them to repentance and in pronouncing future wrath on the impenitent], being baptized with the baptism of John. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. Common English Bible Everyone who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice because they had been baptized by John. Catholic Public Domain Version And upon hearing this, all the people and the tax collectors justified God, by being baptized with the baptism of John. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism. |
I did the things you say are wrong.\par God, you are the One I sinned against.\par I confess these things so people will know\par I am wrong, and you are right.\par Your decisions are fair.\par
If you love only the people that love you, then you will get no reward. Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [72]} do that.
But if we say that John’s baptism was from someone else, \{not God,\} then all the people will kill us with rocks. They will kill us because they believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [313]} ”
Even the tax collectors {\cf2\super [51]} came to John. They wanted to be baptized. {\cf2\super [52]} They said to John, “Teacher, what should we do?”
I tell you, John is greater than any man ever born. But even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John.”
Apollos had been taught about the Lord (Jesus). Apollos was always very excited {\cf2\super [371]} when he talked to people about Jesus. The things Apollos taught about Jesus were right. But the only baptism {\cf2\super [372]} that Apollos knew about was the baptism that John {\cf2\super [373]} taught.
So Paul asked them, “What kind of baptism {\cf2\super [377]} did you have?”
They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.
They sang the song of Moses, {\cf2\super [113]} the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut the thumbs and big toes off of 70 kings. And those kings had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for the things I did to those kings.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem and he died there.