Matthew 21:30
And he came to the other, and said the same to him. And he answered and said: I go, my lord, but did not go.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
In Context
29And he answered and said, I am not willing. But afterwards he repented and went.
Cross References
Matthew 23:3Whatever therefore they tell you to observe, that observe and do. But according to their deeds, practise ye not: for they say, and do not.
Titus 1:16And they profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him; and they are odious, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobates.
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 →