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Matthew 21:32
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Matthew 21:32
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32 (A) When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.
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Matthew 21:32
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Matthew 21:32
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32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(A) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(B) and the prostitutes(C) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(D) and believe him.
Luke 3:12
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Luke 3:12
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12 (A) When tax collectors[a] came to be baptized, they asked John, “Teacher, what should we do?”
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- 3.12 tax collectors: These were usually Jewish people who paid the Romans for the right to collect taxes. They were hated by other Jews who thought of them as traitors to their country and to their religion.
Luke 3:12
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Luke 3:12
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12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized.(A) “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
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