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Matthew 21:30
Matthew 21:30 is verse 30 of Matthew chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
King James Version
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
World English Bible
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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Matthew 21:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible
28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
30 Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 23:3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
Romans 2:18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
Romans 2:20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
Romans 2:21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Romans 2:22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Romans 2:23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
Romans 2:24As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Romans 2:25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.