Matthew 21:29-32

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁹ And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went. ³⁰ The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that ^(A)the tax collectors and prostitutes ^[a]will get into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but ^(B)the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.