Matthew 21:29

And he answering said, I will not, but at last, having regretted, he went.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

In Context

28And what do you think? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, today be working in my vineyard.

30And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], lord, and did not go;

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Cross References

Exodus 4:28and Moses declares to Aaron all the words of YHWH with which He has sent him, and all the signs with which He has charged him.

2 Chronicles 33:10And YHWH speaks to Manasseh and to his people, and they have not attended,

Isaiah 55:6Seek YHWH while He may be found, || Call Him while He is near,

Ezekiel 18:28And he sees and turns back, || From all his transgressions that he has done, || He surely lives, he does not die,

Jonah 3:2“Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the proclamation that I am speaking to you”;

Matthew 3:2and saying, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near,”

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 →

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