Hebrews 12:17

For ye know that, when he would afterwards have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no room for repentance, though he sought it earnestly even with tears.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

In Context

16least there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one repast gave away his birthright.

18Ye are not come to a tangible mountain, and burning fire, and a thick cloud, and darkness, and tempest,

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Cross References

Matthew 7:23I never owned you, depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

Luke 13:24But He said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for I tell you, many will desire to enter in, and shall not be able.

Hebrews 6:8but that which bringeth forth thorns and briars, is rejected and near to a curse, (whose end is burning) so are they.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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