Matthew 21:29

But he answered and said, I am not willing: yet afterwards he relented, and went.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28BUT how doth appear to you? a certain man had two sons; and he came to the elder, and said to him, My son, go to-day work in the vinery.

30He came to the other, and said likewise. He answered and said, I (will), my lord; yet went not.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2and saying, Repent! the kingdom of heaven hath drawn nigh.

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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