# Luke 7.29-30

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 27. <span class="rl-speech">This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.</span>
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> **29. <span class="rl-speech">And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.</span>**
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> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.</span> (Luke 7:27-32, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 27. <span class="rl-speech">This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”</span>
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> **29. When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism. 30. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.**
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> 31. “To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like? 32. They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’ (Luke 7:27-32, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 27. <span class="rl-speech">This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.</span>
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> **29. <span class="rl-speech">And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. <sup>rejected: or, frustrated</sup> <sup>against: or, within themselves</sup></span>**
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> 31. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.</span> (Luke 7:27-32, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 27. <span class="rl-speech">this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'</span>
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> **29. <span class="rl-speech">And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.</span>**
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> 31. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">'To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!</span> (Luke 7:27-32, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Luke 7](/codex/luke-7/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.