Matthew 21:32 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² For John came to you walking in the way of an upright man in right standing with God, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots did believe him; and you, even when you saw that, did not afterward change your minds and believe him [adhere to, trust in, and rely on what he told you].

American Standard Version (1901)

³² For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

Common English Bible

³² For John came to you on the righteous road, and you didn’t believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw this, you didn’t change your hearts and lives and you didn’t believe him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him.

Matthew 21:32 Cross References

Matthew 11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

Matthew 21:25

Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from men?” So they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

2 Timothy 2:25

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 3:12

See to it, brothers, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

2 Peter 2:21

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was passed on to them.

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her fornication.