Luke verse by verse

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Luke 7:20 (KJV) When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?

 

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Luke 7:21 (KJV) And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

 

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Luke 7:22 (KJV) Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

 

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Luke 7:23 (KJV) And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

 

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Luke 7:24 (KJV) And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

 

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Luke 7:25 (KJV) But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

 

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Luke 7:26 (KJV) But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

 

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Luke 7:27 (KJV) This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

 

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Luke 7:28 (KJV) For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

 

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Luke 7:29 (KJV) And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

 

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Luke 7:30 (NASB) But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

 

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Luke 7:31 (NASB) "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

 

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Luke 7:32 (NASB) "They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.'

 

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Luke 7:33 (NASB) "For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'

 

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Luke 7:34 (NASB) "The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

 

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Luke 7:35 (NASB) "Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

 

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Luke 7:36 (NKJV)

Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.

 

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Luke 7:37 (NKJV)

And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil.

 

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Luke 7:38 (NKJV)

and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed his feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

 

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Luke 7:39 (NKJV)

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, "This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner."