Matthew 21:28
“But what do you think about this illustration? Once there was a man who had two sons. He went to the first son, and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
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29The son answered, ‘I won't,’ but afterwards he was sorry for what he said and he did go.
Cross References
Matthew 17:25“Yes, of course,” Peter replied. When he returned to where they were staying, Jesus anticipated the issue. “What do you think, Simon?” Jesus asked him. “Do the kings of this world collect their taxes and duties from their own sons or from others?”
Matthew 20:5So they went to work. Around noon and 3 p.m. he went out and did the same thing.
Matthew 22:17So let us know your opinion. Is it right to pay Caesar's taxes, or not?”
Luke 13:4What about those eighteen people that were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were the worst people in the whole of Jerusalem?
1 Corinthians 10:15I'm talking to sensible people, so you decide whether I'm telling the truth.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:24-28
Christ Questioned as to His Authority. 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we… Read the whole commentary →