Study it in the app“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, even when you saw it, did not even regret it afterward so as to believe him.”
ForγὰρJohnἸωάννηςcameἦλθενtoπρὸςyouὑμᾶςinἐνthe wayὁδῷof righteousness,δικαιοσύνηςandκαὶyou did notοὐκbelieveἐπιστεύσατεhim;αὐτῷbutδὲthe tax collectorsοἱ τελῶναιandκαὶthe prostitutesαἱ πόρναιbelievedἐπίστευσανhim;αὐτῷandδὲyou,ὑμεῖςeven when you saw it,ἰδόντεςdid not evenοὐδὲregret itμετεμελήθητεafterwardὕστερονso asτοῦto believeπιστεῦσαιhim.αὐτῷ
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēs” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appearsroad
The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.
Where else “hodōi” appearsrighteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēs” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “episteusate” appearstax collector
Tax collector, who collected taxes for Rome; despised by the people.
Where else “telōnai” appearsprostitute
Prostitute.
Where else “pornai” appearssee
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idontes” appearsfeel regret
Feel regret: be sorry for what one has done and change one's view. Different from "change one's mind".
Where else “metemelēthēte” appearslater, last
Later, last; "afterward", "at last".
Where else “hysteron” appears31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.
32 · This verse (above)
33Hear another parable. There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey.
1. What it says
What did the crowd shout when Jesus entered Jerusalem (vv. 8–9)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus drive out those buying and selling in the temple, quoting “My house will be called a house of prayer” (vv. 12–13)?
3. How I live it
Jesus said whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive (v. 22). What would you like to ask for today with trust?
