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Luke 7:29

All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

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ASV

And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

KJV

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
πᾶςpasallG3956 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
λαὸςlaospeopleG2992 →
ἀκούσαςakousashaving heardG191 →
καὶkaievenG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
τελῶναιtelōnaitax collectorsG5057 →
ἐδικαίωσανedikaiōsandeclared as righteousG1344 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
θεὸνtheonGodG2316 →
βαπτισθέντεςbaptisthenteshaving been baptized [with]G907 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
βάπτισμαbaptismabaptismG908 →
Ἰωάννου.Iōannouof John.G2491 →

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Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.Luke 3:12Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”Luke 7:35But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!Matthew 3:5–6People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Matthew 21:31–32Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.Acts 18:25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.Acts 19:3“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.Matthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”Luke 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.Romans 3:4–6Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

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