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Main point summary:
The wisdom of God is acknowledged as justice when you dance to its rhythm.
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NT
Lucas 7:24-35
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When John’s messengers had gone,
Jesus 1 began to speak to the crowds concerning John:
temporal
“What did you go out e into the wilderness to see?
f A reed shaken by the wind?
questionanswer
What then did you go out to see?
A man dressed in soft clothing?
Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings’ courts.
ground
ideaexplanation
What then did you go out to see?
g A prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
This is he of whom it is written,
h “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
actionpurpose
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.”
concessive
progression
negativepositive
( i When all the people heard this, and j the tax collectors too,
they declared God just, 1
j having been baptized with k the baptism of John,
l but the Pharisees and m the lawyers n rejected o the purpose of God for themselves,
not having been baptized by him.)
alternative
situationresponse
“To what then shall I compare the people of this generation,
and what are they like?
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.’
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For John the Baptist has come
p eating no bread
and q drinking no wine,
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and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
The Son of Man has come
r eating
and drinking,
and you say, ‘Look at him!
A glutton and a drunkard,
s a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
inference
Yet t wisdom is justified by all her children.”
“You two! John and Jesus, you are not following our tune.”
The word “then” here, is the translation of the word “οὖν”, which usually is translated as “therefore”.
discourse
A saying:
There is a saying in my country: Now the ducks shoot to the shotguns.
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Malaquías 3:1 ESV
OT
Malaquías 3:1
3 1 g “Behold, I send h my messenger, and i he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord j whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and k the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.