Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 7:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 7:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 7:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, when the people, including the tax collectors, listened to John, they agreed that God was right and got baptized by John to show they wanted to follow God's way. They thought what John was saying was good and true, so they wanted to be part of it by getting baptized.

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

Contradiction with John 3:36

This verse states that those who do not believe in the Son will not see life, contrasting with Luke 7:29, where publicans justified God, not mentioned based on belief but action.

John 3:36: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

This verse asserts there is none righteous, no, not one, while Luke 7:29 acknowledges people who justified God.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Romans 3:23 highlights that all have sinned and fallen short, whereas Luke 7:29 indicates a group of people justifying God, suggesting they met a standard.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse expresses justification is not by works of the law but faith, in contrast with Luke 7:29, which suggests an act of public justification by works.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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