Luke 7:30
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

Proverbs 1:25
I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

Matthew 22:35
And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:

Luke 7:31
And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

Luke 20:6
But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

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But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

rejected.

Luke 13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets; and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

Jeremiah 8:8 How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pens of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.

Romans 10:21 But to Israel he saith: All the day long have I spread my hands to a people that believeth not and contradicteth me.

2 Corinthians 6:1 And we helping do exhort you that you receive not the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 2:21 I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.

the counsel.

Acts 20:27 For I have not spread to declare unto you all, the counsel of God.

Ephesians 1:11 In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.

against.

Context
Jesus Testifies about John
29And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism. 30But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him. 31And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?…
Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

experts in the law
νομικοὶ (nomikoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3544: From nomos; according to law, i.e. Legal; as noun, an expert in the law.

rejected
ἠθέτησαν (ēthetēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 114: From a compound of a and a derivative of tithemi; to set aside, i.e. to disesteem, neutralize or violate.

God’s
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

purpose
βουλὴν (boulēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1012: Counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. From boulomai; volition, i.e. advice, or purpose.

for
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

themselves,
ἑαυτούς (heautous)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

[because] {they had} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

been baptized
βαπτισθέντες (baptisthentes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.

by
ὑπ’ (hyp’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

[John].
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized by him.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

but the Pharisees and the lawyers rendered null as to themselves the counsel of God, not having been baptised by him.)

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.
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