Matthew 21:28-32
1599 Geneva Bible
28 ¶ [a]But what think ye? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder, and said, Son, go and work today in my vineyard.
29 But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himself, and went.
30 Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Sir: yet he went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of the father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the Publicans and the harlots [b]go before you into the kingdom of God.
32 For John came unto you in the [c]way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the Publicans and the harlots believed him, and ye though ye saw it, were not moved with repentance afterward, that ye might believe him.
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- Matthew 21:28 It is no new thing to see them to be the worst of all men, which ought to show the way of godliness to others.
- Matthew 21:31 They make haste to the kingdom of God, and you slack so that at least wise you should have followed their example. Mark then that this word (go before) is improperly taken in this place, whereas no man followeth.
- Matthew 21:32 Living uprightly, being of a good and honest conversation: For the Hebrews use this word, Way, for life and manners.
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