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Luke, the author of this book, comments on how people responded to John and Jesus.
When all the people ... baptism of John
This verse could be reordered to be more clear. AT: "When all the people who had been baptized by John, including the tax collectors, heard this, they declared that God is righteous"
they declared that God is righteous
"they said that God had shown himself to be righteous" or "they declared that God had acted righteously"
because they had been baptized with the baptism of John
This can be stated in active form. AT: "because they had let John baptize them" or "because John had baptized them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
rejected God's purpose for themselves
"rejected what God wanted them to do" or "chose to disobey what God told them"
they had not been baptized by John
This can be stated in active form. AT: "they did not let John baptize them" or "they rejected John's baptism" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)