マタイの福音書 21:32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
注釈
Study Note
Jesus' observation that 'the publicans and harlots believed John' while the religious leaders did not — and that even after seeing this they 'repented not afterward that ye might believe him' — adds a temporal dimension of hardening to the parable of the two sons. The phrase 'repented not afterward' (ou metemeləthēte hysteron) specifies that the leaders saw the evidence of repentance in the socially despised and still refused to reconsider — making their guilt a matter not of ignorance but of observed and rejected evidence. The 'way of righteousness' (hodos dikaiosynēs) attributed to John the Baptist connects his ministry to the sapient tradition (Proverbs 8:20) and to the Matthean emphasis on dikaiosynē as the criterion of kingdom entry (5:20). The verse contributes to Matthew's sustained argument that the leaders' rejection is inexcusable precisely because it occurs in full view of divine works.
他の翻訳
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last--to believe him.
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
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