Matthew 21:32

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Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

Matthew 11:18

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Matthew 21:25

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

Luke 7:29-30

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

Luke 7:37-50

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

2 Peter 2:21

For 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 command delivered to them.

Psalm 81:11-12

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

Isaiah 35:8

A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

Zechariah 7:11-12

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

Matthew 3:1-12

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea

Luke 3:8-13

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

John 5:33-40

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Acts 13:25-29

Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’

2 Timothy 2:25

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

Hebrews 3:12

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

Hebrews 6:6-8

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

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Summary

Matthew 21:32

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.

Came

2 Peter 2:21

And ye believed

Acts 13:25

The publicans

Luke 7:37

Repented

Revelation 2:21

General references

Luke 12:57

Bible References

Came

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea

A road will be there and a way;
it will be called the Holy Way.
The unclean will not travel on it,
but it will be for the one who walks the path.
Even the fool will not go astray.

For 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 command delivered to them.

And ye believed

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’

The publicans

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Repented

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

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

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

General references

If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were also guests

with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him.

He will turn many of the sons of Israel
to the Lord their God.

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?