Luke 7:29

Jesus Testifies about John

28I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

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Berean Standard Bible
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received 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.
Bible in Basic English
(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John’s baptism.
Free Bible Version
When they heard this, all of them—even the tax collectors—followed what God said was good and right, for they had been baptized by John.
Geneva Bible 1599
Then all the people that heard, and the Publicanes iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.
King James (Authorized) Version
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
One Unity Resource Bible
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John [Yah is gracious]’s baptism.
Translation for Translators
When they heard what Jesus said (OR, what John preached), all the people, including tax collectors, whom many people despised, agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By letting John baptize them}, they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right.
Unlocked Literal Bible
(When all the people heard this, including the tax collectors, they declared that God is righteous, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John.
Noah Webster Bible
And all the people that heard him , and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
World English Bible
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.
Young's Literal Translation
And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,