Matthew 21:31
Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not.
Cross References
Matthew 5:18For truely I say vnto you, tyll heauen and earth passe, one iotte, or one title of the lawe shall not scape, tyll all be fulfylled.
Matthew 7:21Not euery one, that sayeth vnto me Lorde, Lorde, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doeth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen.
Matthew 12:50For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.
Matthew 20:16So the last, shalbe the first, & the first [shalbe] last: For many be called, but fewe [be] chosen.
Luke 7:37And beholde, a woman in that citie, which was a sinner, assoone as she knewe that Iesus sate at meate in the pharisees house, she brought an alabaster boxe of oyntment:
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 →