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Matthew 21:32

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30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

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.

33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

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BSB
For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
KJV
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.
WEB
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
ASV
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.
DARBY
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
BLB
For John came to you⁺ in the way of righteousness, and you⁺ did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And you⁺, having seen, did not even repent afterward to believe him.
ÅB
For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei. Og dere trodde ham ikke, men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde ham. Og enda dere så det, angret dere ikke senere og trodde ham.
OTB
For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde ham. Og selv etter at dere så dette, angret dere ikke og trodde ham.
B1930
For Johannes kom til eder på rettferdighets vei, og I trodde ham ikke, men tolderne og skjøgene trodde ham; men I, enda I så det, angret I det ikke siden, så I trodde ham.

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  • Luke 7:37–50

    And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

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  • Luke 7:29–30

    And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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  • Matthew 21:25

    The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

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  • Zechariah 7:11–12

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

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  • 2 Peter 2:21

    For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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  • Acts 13:25–29

    And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

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  • John 5:33–40

    Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

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  • Hebrews 3:12

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

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