Matthew 21:32

John came preaching righteousness; the leaders rejected him while sinners believed, and even then the leaders would not repent. Persistent unbelief, not lack of evidence, condemns them.

Cross-references · 17

• Luke 7:37–50When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
• Luke 7:29–30All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
• Zech 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
• Matt 21:25What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
• Acts 13:25–29As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
• 2 Pet 2:21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
• Matt 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
• Matt 3:1–12In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
• John 5:33–40You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
• Rev 2:21Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
• Isa 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
• 2 Tim 2:25He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
• Heb 6:6–8and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
• Heb 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
• Ps 81:11–12But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
• Jer 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
• Luke 3:8–13Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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