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Jesus Testifies about John

Luke 7:29

In 9 translations

BSB
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
KJV
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
WEB
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
ASV
And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
LSV
And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been immersed with the immersion of John,
YLT
And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
DBY
(And all the people who heard [it], and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;Elohim
DRC
And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John’s baptism.
GNV
Then all the people that heard, and the Publicanes iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of Ἰωάννου: Westcott–Hort: Ἰωάνου.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
(καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου·
RP2018
Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου·
TR-Boyd
Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν τὸν Θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου·
SCR1894
και πας ο λαος ακουσας και οι τελωναι εδικαιωσαν τον θεον βαπτισθεντες το βαπτισμα ιωαννου

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👤 God👤 John the Baptist◆ Jesus' Message on John the Baptist

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.”
  • Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • Acts 19:3“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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. For John came to you in a…
  • 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.
  • Matthew 3:5–6People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
  • 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.
  • 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.” But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God,…

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