Matthew 21:30 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

³⁰ The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ Then the man came to the second and said the same [thing]. And he replied, I will [go], sir; but he did not go.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Common English Bible

³⁰ “The father said the same thing to the other son, who replied, ‘Yes, sir.’ But he didn’t go.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ And approaching the other, he spoke similarly. And answering, he said, 'I am going, lord.' And he did not go.

Matthew 21:30 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.

Matthew 21:29

He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 23:3

therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.