NET Bible
"However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)"
— Luke 7:30, NET Bible
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.”
“But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him. ”
“But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.”
“But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.”
“But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)”
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.”
This is the one about whom it is written,‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is.”
(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.
However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’