28 Oba waut meen jie? En Maun haud twee Kjinja. He kjeem nom easchta en saed: 'Mien Kjint, go en oabeid fonndoag enn mien Wiengoade.'

29 Hee auntwuad am en saed: "Ekj go, Herr.' Oba hee jinkj nich.

30 Hee kjeem no daem tweeda en saed daut naemlije. En hee auntwuad en saed: 'Ekj wel nich,' oba lota wea am daut leet, en hee jinkj doch.

31 Woone fonn dise beid deed sien Foda sien Wele?" See saede: "Dee latsta." Jesus saed to an: Enn WEoarheit saj ekj junt, daut dee Takskollakjta en Huare woare eeha enn Gott sien Rikj enenn gone aus jie.

32 Dan Jehaun kjeem no junt em Jerajchtichkjeits Wajch, en jie jleewde am nich; oba dee Takskollakjte en Hure jleewde am; en aus jie daut sage, deed jie doch nich Buesse am to jleewe.

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The Parable of the Two Sons

28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’(A)

29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.

31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”

“The first,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors(B) and the prostitutes(C) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(D) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(E) and the prostitutes(F) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(G) and believe him.

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