RobH_en_tn/luk/07/29.md

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(Luke, the author of this book, comments on how people responded to John and Jesus.)
## they declared that God is righteous ##
"they said that God had shown himself to be righteous" or "they declared that God had acted righteously"
## who had been baptized with the baptism of John ##
"who had been baptized by John" or "whom John had baptized"
## who were not baptized by him ##
"whom John had not baptized" or "who had refused to be baptized by John" or "who had rejected John's baptism"
## God's council for them ##
"God's purpose for them" or "God's plan for them" or "what God wanted them to do"
## rejected God's council for themselves ##
"chose to disobey what God told them" or "chose not to believe God's will"
## Who were not baptized by him, rejected God's counsel for themselves ##
This seems to imply that because they had rejected John's baptism, were not spiritually prepared to accept God's will for them.