Matthew 21:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 20:16

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Matthew 21:30

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

Matthew 5:18

For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 6:5

“And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Luke 7:29

(And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

Acts 17:30

While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Romans 5:20

But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.