Luke 7:29

(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.

Luke 3:12

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 7:35

Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Psalm 51:4

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

Matthew 3:5-6

Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him,

Matthew 21:31-32

“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

Acts 18:25

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

Acts 19:3

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied.

Romans 3:4-6

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.

Romans 10:3

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb:

Great and awe-inspiring are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the Nations.

Revelation 16:5

I heard the angel of the waters say:

You are righteous,
who is and who was, the Holy One,
for You have decided these things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Bible References

Justified

Luke 7:35
Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
Judges 1:7
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Psalm 51:4
Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.
Romans 10:3
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.
Revelation 15:3
They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb:

Great and awe-inspiring are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the Nations.
Revelation 16:5
I heard the angel of the waters say:

You are righteous,
who is and who was, the Holy One,
for You have decided these things.

Being

Luke 3:12
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him,
Matthew 21:31
“Which of the two did his father’s will?”

“The first,” they said.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you!

General references

Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Mark 10:31
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Luke 3:12
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Luke 7:35
Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
Luke 15:1
All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Him.

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