Matthew 21:30 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁰ And he went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁰ And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not.

Matthew 21:30 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with their lips they show much love, but their heart is set on their gain.

Matthew 21:29

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented 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 say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 23:3

so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.

Titus 1:16

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