Matthew 21:30

Good News Translation

Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he answered, but he did not go.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

So my people crowd in to hear what you have to say, but they don't do what you tell them to do. Loving words are on their lips, but they continue their greedy ways.

Matthew 21:29

‘I don't want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

Matthew 21:31

Which one of the two did what his father wanted?” “The older one,” they answered. So Jesus said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 23:3

So you must obey and follow everything they tell you to do; do not, however, imitate their actions, because they don't practice what they preach.

Titus 1:16

They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.