He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 21:30 in context
Matthew 21:27–33
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They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.”
He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
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He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
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He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
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Which of the two did the will of his father?”
They said to him, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
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“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
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