and one of them which was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying:
Luke 7:30 - William Tyndale New Testament But the pharyses and scribes despised the counsel of God, against themselves, and were not baptised of him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God's purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John]. American Standard Version (1901) But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him. Common English Bible But the Pharisees and legal experts rejected God’s will for themselves because they hadn’t been baptized by John. Catholic Public Domain Version But the Pharisees and the experts in the law despised the counsel of God concerning themselves, by not being baptized by him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him. |
and one of them which was a doctor of law asked him a question tempting him and saying:
O Ierusalem, Ierusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen her nest under her wings, but thou wouldest not.
But and if we shall say of men, all the people will stone us. For they surely believe that Ihon was a prophet.
¶ And the Lord said: Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation, and what thing are they like?
For I have kept nothing back: but have shewed you all the counsel of God.
And against Israhel he saith: All day long have I stretched forth my hands unto a people that believeth not, but speaketh against me.
¶ We as helpers therefore exhort you, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
I despise not the grace of God: For if righteousness come of the law, then is Christ dead in vain.
in whom we are made heirs, and were thereto predestinate according to the purpose of him which worketh all things after the purpose of his own will: