Matthew 21:32 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³²For 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.

Matthew 21:32 —

Old words in this verse

publican: — tax collector.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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, …
Zechariah 7:11-12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. …
Luke 7:29-30
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. …
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?
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.

Topics

Atheism Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Devotion Disbelief Dishonesty

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28-32)

As Christ instructed his disciples by parables, which made the instructions the more easy, so sometimes he convinced his adversaries by parables, which bring reproofs more close, and make men, or ever they are aware, to reprove themselves. Thus Nathan convinced David by a parable (2 Sam. 22:1), and the woman of Tekoa surprised him in like manner, 2 Sam. 14:2: Reproving parables are appeals to the…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 32)

32. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness--that is, calling you to repentance; as Noah is styled “a preacher of righteousness” (2Pe 2:5), when like the Baptist he warned the old world to “flee from the wrath to come.” and ye believed him not--They did not reject him; nay, they “were willing for a season to rejoice in his light” (Joh 5:35); but they would not receive his testimony to J…