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

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,

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The Way of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it. But He shall be with them; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err in it.

So says Jehovah, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths where the good way is, and walk in it, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.

Therefore bring forth fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I say to 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 fully known the way of righteousness, than fully knowing it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

And ye believed

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall 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 all the people and the tax-collectors who heard Him justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who do you think that I am? I am not He. But behold, One comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

The publicans

And behold, a woman, a sinner in the city, knowing that He reclined in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vial of ointment.

Repented

But My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.

But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.

And He sending Me, the Father Himself, has borne witness of Me. Neither have you heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape.

in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,

Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

and who have fallen away; it is impossible, I say, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify the Son of God afresh to themselves and put Him to an open shame.

And I gave her time that she might repent of her fornication, and she did not repent.

General references

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

But many who are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

And it happened as Jesus reclined in his house, many tax-collectors and sinners also reclined with Jesus and His disciples. For there were many, and they followed Him.

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

And tax-collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against His disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners?

And why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?