Luke 7:29

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

Luke 3:12

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

Luke 7:35

But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

Judges 1:7

Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Psalm 51:4

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Matthew 3:5-6

Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

Matthew 21:31-32

Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Acts 19:3

So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied.

Romans 3:4-6

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

Romans 10:3

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!

Revelation 16:5

Now I heard the angel of the waters saying: "You are just -- the one who is and who was, the Holy One -- because you have passed these judgments,

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
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
Judges 1:7
Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Psalm 51:4
Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."
Romans 10:3
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
Revelation 15:3
They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
Revelation 16:5
Now I heard the angel of the waters saying: "You are just -- the one who is and who was, the Holy One -- because you have passed these judgments,

Being

Luke 3:12
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!

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 said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
Luke 7:35
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

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