^16 (A)“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

^12 (A)And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?”

They said to Him, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, ^(A)“Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. ³² For ^(B)John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; ^(C)but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward ^[a]relent and believe him.