“And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.”
All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus's words, acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John — the response to Jesus' commendation of John: the people who had been baptized by John acknowledged God's justice (edikaiōsan, declared righteous, vindicated). The tax collectors are specifically mentioned — the unexpected participants in John's baptism who now confirm its validity by their response to Jesus.
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