Luke 7:29
Luke 7:28-30 The Message (MSG)
“Let me lay it out for you as plainly as I can: No one in history surpasses John the Baptizer, but in the kingdom he prepared you for, the lowliest person is ahead of him. The ordinary and disreputable people who heard John, by being baptized by him into the kingdom, are the clearest evidence; the Pharisees and religious officials would have nothing to do with such a baptism, wouldn’t think of giving up their place in line to their inferiors.
Luke 7:29 King James Version (KJV)
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29 New Century Version (NCV)
(When the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they all agreed that God’s teaching was good, because they had been baptized by John.
Luke 7:29 American Standard Version (ASV)
And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
All the people and the tax collectors who heard Jesus, acknowledged [the validity of] God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:29 New Living Translation (NLT)
When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.
Luke 7:29 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When the common and disreputable people among the audience heard Jesus say this, they acknowledged that it was the truth, for they had already experienced John’s baptism.