Luke 7:29-35

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Invite to turn Luke 7, hold your place there...

…and find Matthew 11 as well.

Last week we had finished by reading verse 28:

Luke 7:28 ESV

28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

…and by seeing how the different classes of people...

…had responded to it.

We didn’t have the time then...

…to look at some additional details...

…that Matthew gives about the statement in verse 28...

…that further illustrate what Jesus is saying...

…and will help us to better:

Understand the nature of the Kingdom of God

Understand what Jesus says at the end of our verses.

So, we’re going to attempt to cover those verses this morning...

…as well as the remaining portion of this narrative in Luke’s gospel.

We’ll begin by reading Matthew11.11-15

Matthew 11:11–15 (ESV)

11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.

13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,

14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Now, flip back over to Luke 7.

We’ll begin reading in Verse 29

Luke 7:29–35 (ESV)

29 (When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

30 but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

31 “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “ ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

35 Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”

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