Mateo 21:32

32 Porque Juan vino a vosotros en camino de justicia y no le creísteis, pero los recaudadores de impuestos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, ni siquiera os arrepentisteis después para creerle.

Mateo 21:32 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:32

For John came unto you in a way of righteousness
He had a commission from God; he was no impostor; the doctrine he taught was true, and which he faithfully delivered; his life and conversation were unblamable; there was nothing in his credentials, ministry, and conduct, that could justly be found fault with:

and ye believed him not;
to be the forerunner of the Messiah, or the Elias that was to come; nor attended to the doctrine of repentance preached by him, nor were subject to the ordinance of baptism he administered; nor gave any assent, or credit, to the Messiah he so manifestly pointed out:

but the publicans and harlots believed him;
what he said concerning the wrath to come, and the miserable state and danger they were in; and they repented of their sins, and confessed them, and were baptized of him in Jordan; believing the testimony he gave of Jesus of Nazareth being the Messiah, and Son of God:

and ye, when ye had seen it;
the repentance and faith of these persons, and what a wonderful reformation was wrought in them,

repented not afterwards;
of their disobedience, impenitence, and unbelief, after they had seen the effects of John's ministry on these very profligate sinners, and after, the death of John; who, by his constancy, zeal, and faithfulness, had shown himself to be a true, and upright minister of the word; and afterwards under the ministry of Christ, and his apostles, by, whom the same doctrines were preached, and the same ordinances administered,

that ye might believe him;
the testimony he has left behind him concerning the Messiah.

Mateo 21:32 In-Context

30 Y llegándose al otro, le dijo lo mismo; pero él respondió y dijo: "Yo iré, señor"; y no fue.

31 ¿Cuál de los dos hizo la voluntad del padre? Ellos dijeron<***>: El primero. Jesús les dijo<***>: En verdad os digo que los recaudadores de impuestos y las rameras entran en el reino de Dios antes que vosotros.

32 Porque Juan vino a vosotros en camino de justicia y no le creísteis, pero los recaudadores de impuestos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, ni siquiera os arrepentisteis después para creerle.

33 Escuchad otra parábola. Había una vez un hacendado que PLANTO UNA VIÑA Y LA CERCO CON UN MURO, Y CAVO EN ELLA UN LAGAR Y EDIFICO UNA TORRE, la arrendó a unos labradores y se fue de viaje.

34 Y cuando se acercó el tiempo de la cosecha, envió sus siervos a los labradores para recibir sus frutos.