Matteo 21:32

32 Perciocchè Giovanni è venuto a voi per la via della giustizia, e voi non gli avete creduto; ma i pubblicani e le meretrici gli hanno creduto; e pur voi, veduto ciò, non vi siete poi appresso ravveduti, per credergli.

Matteo 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.

Matteo 21:32 In-Context

30 Poi, venuto al secondo, gli disse il simigliante. Ed egli, rispondendo, disse: Sì, lo farò, signore, e pur non vi andò.

31 Qual de’ due fece il voler del padre? Essi gli dissero: Il primo. Gesù disse loro: Io vi dico in verità, che i pubblicani, e le meretrici vanno innanzi a voi nel regno de’ cieli.

32 Perciocchè Giovanni è venuto a voi per la via della giustizia, e voi non gli avete creduto; ma i pubblicani e le meretrici gli hanno creduto; e pur voi, veduto ciò, non vi siete poi appresso ravveduti, per credergli.

33 UDITE un’altra parabola: Vi era un padre di famiglia, il quale piantò una vigna e le fece una siepe attorno, e cavò in essa un luogo da calcar la vendemmia, e vi edificò una torre; poi allogò quella a certi lavoratori, e se ne andò in viaggio.

34 Ora, quando venne il tempo de’ frutti, egli mandò i suoi servitori a’ lavoratori, per ricevere i frutti di quella.