Matthew 21:32 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; but you, having seen, did not repent afterwards, that you might 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

The baptism of John-where was it from? From heaven or from men?"And they were arguing 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, "Assuredly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 5:46

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

2 Timothy 2:25

in meekness instructing those that oppose, if God perhaps may give them repentance, to a full knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 3:12

Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

2 Peter 2:21

For it was better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than knowing it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

Revelation 2:21

And I gave her time so that she might repent, and she does not wish to repent of her fornication.