Matthew 21:28-32

Modern English Version

The Parable of the Two Sons

²⁸ “What do you think? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

²⁹ “He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he repented and went.

³⁰ “Then he came to the second, and said likewise. He answered, ‘I will go, sir,’ but 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, the tax collectors and prostitutes enter the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.