KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 7:30–31
A connected passage, with study helps kept beside the verses they explain.
Luke 7:30
30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
30But the Pharisees and Lawyers ‖reiected the counsell of God ‖against themselues, being not baptized of him.
- Or, frustrated.
- Or, within themselues.
Luke 7:31
31¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
31¶ And the Lord said, *whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
- Mat. 11.16
ENSURE CONTEXTUALIZATION
Add surrounding context
Extend this passage one adjacent verse at a time.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS VERSE?
Ask a Local Pastor
Find a nearby pastor committed to holding fast the faithful word, then use the public contact information to begin a real conversation. Nothing is sent or stored for you.
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 7:30
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Members of a Jewish sect known for strict observance of its religious traditions.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons learned in the law; in the Gospels, experts in the law of Moses.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Thrown away; cast off; refused; slighted.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 7:31
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Unto what or which thing, purpose, state, result, or calling the passage names.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To compare, represent as similar, or show a resemblance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
generation
Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
Choose how far to extend the reference list.
From verse 30
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
From verse 31
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study16¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
- Study this reference
Open the full verse study30¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
Still have questions? Ask a Local Pastor.
See public contact information for nearby churches. You decide whether to call, email, or visit.