Verse 32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and harlots believed him, and when you had seen it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For Johannes kom til dere i rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ikke på ham; men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde på ham; og dere, da dere så det, angret ikke senere, for at dere kunne tro på ham.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighets vei, og dere trodde ikke på ham; men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde på ham. Da dere så dette, omvendte dere ikke senere slik at dere trodde.

• Norsk King James

  For Johannes kom til dere i rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ikke på ham; men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde ham; og dere, da dere så det, angret ikke etterpå så dere kunne tro ham.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke, mens tollere og prostituerte trodde ham. Og selv etter å ha sett dette, omvendte dere dere likevel ikke, for å tro ham.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke. Men tollerne og skjøgene trodde ham. Og når dere så det, angret dere likevel ikke etterpå, så dere trodde ham.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og prostituerte trodde ham, men dere angret ikke etterpå så dere kunne tro ham.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke. Men tollerne og skjøgene trodde ham, og dere, som så dette, angret ikke senere, så dere trodde ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ikke på ham; mens tollerne og horene trodde på ham, og selv etter at dere så dette, omvendte dere dere ikke for å tro på ham.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men tollere og skjøger trodde ham. Likevel angret dere ikke senere da dere så det, så dere kunne tro ham.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men tollere og skjøger trodde ham. Likevel angret dere ikke senere da dere så det, så dere kunne tro ham.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men tollerne og de prostituerte trodde ham. Selv etter at dere hadde sett det, angret dere ikke og trodde ham.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og prostituerte trodde ham. Men selv da dere så det, angret dere ikke senere og trodde ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Johannes kom til eder paa Retfærdigheds Vei, og I troede ham ikke, men Toldere og Skjøger troede ham; men enddog I det saae, angrede det eder alligevel ikke derefter, saa at I kunde have troet ham.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og skjøger trodde ham. Selv om dere så det, angret dere ikke etterpå, slik at dere kunne tro ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Johannes kom til dere på rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og prostituerte trodde ham. Men dere, selv etter å ha sett det, omvendte dere ikke, slik at dere kunne tro ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighetens vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og prostituerte trodde ham, men dere angret ikke engang etter at dere så det, så dere trodde ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighets vei, men dere trodde ham ikke. Tollere og horer trodde ham. Og selv når dere så det, angret dere ikke og trodde ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Johannes kom til dere med rettferdighetens vei, og dere trodde ham ikke, men skatteoppkreverne og de prostituerte trodde ham. Og selv etter å ha sett det, angret dere ikke, så dere kunne tro ham.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For Iohn came vnto you in the waye of rightewesnes and ye beleved hym not. But the publicans and the harlotes beleved him. And yet ye (though ye sawe it) were not yet moved with repentaunce that ye myght afterwarde have beleved hym.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For Ihon came vnto you, and taught you ye right waye and ye beleued him not: but the publicans & harlottes beleued hi. As for you, though ye sawe it, yet were ye not moued with repetaunce, that ye might afterwarde haue beleued him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 7:29-30 : 29 And all the people who heard him, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not being baptized by him.
• Luke 7:37-50 : 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat to eat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who touches him: for she is a sinner. 40 And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged. 44 And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. 48 And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven. 49 And those who sat at the meal with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that also forgives sins? 50 And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
• Matt 11:18 : 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
• Matt 21:25 : 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
• 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
• Rev 2:21 : 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
• Luke 3:8-9 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11 He answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise. 12 Then the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? 13 And he said to them, Collect no more than what is appointed to you.
• Acts 13:25-29 : 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom do you think that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to untie. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• Heb 3:12 : 12 Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• Heb 6:6-8 : 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
• Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel did not want me. 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
• Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 3:1-9 : 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near. 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And this same John wore clothing made of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan came out to him, 6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance: 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire: 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.