15 In reply Jesus said to him: “Let it be, this time, for in that way it is suitable for us to carry out all that is righteous.”+ Then he quit preventing him.

32 For John came to YOU in a way of righteousness,+ but YOU did not believe him.+ However, the tax collectors and the harlots believed him,+ and YOU, although YOU saw [this], did not feel regret afterwards so as to believe him.