^7:29(Now¹⁰² all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors,¹⁰³ acknowledged¹⁰⁴ God’s justice, because they had been baptized¹⁰⁵ with John’s baptism. ^7:30However, the Pharisees¹⁰⁶ and the experts in religious law¹⁰⁷ rejected God’s purpose¹⁰⁸ for themselves, because they had not been baptized¹⁰⁹ by John.¹¹⁰)¹¹¹

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Footnotes

102 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the parenthetical nature of the comment by the author.
103 See the note on tax collectors in .
104 Or “vindicated God”; Grk “justified God.” This could be expanded to “vindicated and responded to God.” The point is that God’s goodness and grace as evidenced in the invitation to John was justified and responded to by the group one might least expect, tax collector and sinners. They had more spiritual sensitivity than others. The contrastive response is clear from v. 30.
105 The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisthentes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.
106 See the note on Pharisees in .
107 That is, the experts in the interpretation of the Mosaic law (see also Luke 5:17, although the Greek term is not identical there, and Luke 10:25, where it is the same).
108 Or “plan.”
109 The participle βαπτισθέντες (baptisthentes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle; it could also be translated as means (“for themselves, by not having been baptized”). This is similar to the translation found in the .
110 Grk “by him”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
111 Luke 7:29–30 forms something of an aside by the author. To indicate this, they have been placed in parentheses.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John, but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

NLTNew Living Translation

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. But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

(And all the people, when they heard this—even the tax collectors—affirmed the righteousness of God, because they had been baptized with the baptism of John, but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.)

KJV 1900King James Version

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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