Luke 7:30
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 7:30 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 7:30 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. rejected: or, f..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 7:30 — KJV
“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. rejected: or, frustrated against...: or, within themselves”
— Luke 7:30 (KJV)
Luke 7:30 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 7:30
“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.”
Shares key themes with Luke 7:30: god, against, themselves
“And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”
Shares key themes with Luke 7:30: against, themselves, being
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”
Shares key themes with Luke 7:30: god, being, within
“And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.”
Shares key themes with Luke 7:30: counsel, god, against
“Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. the great...: Heb. the showers”
Shares key themes with Luke 7:30: god, themselves, within
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