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Matthew 21:31

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Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

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Matthew 21:31 in other translations

Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 21:31 · American Standard Version

Matthew 21:31 in context

  1. 29He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
  2. 30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
  3. 31Which of the two did the will of his father?”
    They said to him, “The first.”
    Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
  4. 32For 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.
  5. 33“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.