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.
Cross References
Matthew 5:46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of his father?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Luke 3:12Even tax collectors came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"
Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
Treasury of Scripture
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him.
came.
Matthew 3:1-8
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, …
Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
and ye believed.
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?
Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Luke 7:29,30
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John…
the publicans.
Luke 7:37
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,
repented.
Psalm 81:11,12
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me…
Zechariah 7:11,12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear…
John 5:37-40
And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape…
