Matthew 21:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Matthew 3:1

Luke 3:8

2 Peter 2:21

And ye believed

Acts 13:25

The publicans

Luke 7:37

Repented

Revelation 2:21

General references

Bible References

Came

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

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

And ye believed

The baptism of Johnwhere was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

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

(And when they heard him, all the people, even the tax collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

And as John was completing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

The publicans

And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume,

Repented

And the Father who sent me has himself testified of me. You have never heard his voice, nor seen his form.

with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God will grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,

Take care, brethren, lest there be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

and then have fallen away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put him to an open shame.

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

General references

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

And as he sat at table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

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

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"

And the Pharisees and their scribes complained against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?