Matthew 21:30
And approaching the other, he spoke similarly. And answering, he said, ‘I am going, lord.’ And he did not go.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
In Context
29And responding, he said, ‘I am not willing.’ But afterwards, being moved by repentance, he went.
Cross References
Matthew 23:3Therefore, all things whatsoever that they shall say to you, observe and do. Yet truly, do not choose to act according to their works. For they say, but they do not do.
Titus 1:16They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:29-33
The Parable of the Two Sons. 28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God… Read the whole commentary →