Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
The counsel
General references
Bible References
Rejected
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Jeremiah 8:8
"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
Romans 10:21
But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 2:21
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
The counsel
Acts 20:27
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
Ephesians 1:11
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
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 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"