Matthew 21:28
“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
29His son answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.
Cross References
Matthew 17:25He said, “Yes.” And when Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do yoʋ think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tax? From their own sons or from strangers?”
Matthew 20:5So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise.
Matthew 22:17Tell us then, what do yoʋ think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Luke 13:4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people who dwell in Jerusalem?
1 Corinthians 10:15I am speaking as I would to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am saying.
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 →