Matthew 21:31

Tree of Life Version

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

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’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Return, return from your evil ways. Why will you die, O house of Israel?’

Matthew 12:50

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

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Amen, I tell you, unless you turn and become like children, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 20:16

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

Matthew 21:30

The man went to the second son and said the same thing. But he answered, ‘I will, sir,’ and didn’t go.

Matthew 5:18

Amen, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or serif shall ever pass away from the Torah until all things come to pass.

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don’t they?

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Matthew 9:9

As Yeshua was passing by from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he got up and followed Him.

Luke 15:10

In the same way, 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, ‘By the words of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked slave! You knew that I am strict, taking what I did not make and reaping what I did not sow?

Luke 7:29

And when all the people heard, even the tax collectors, they affirmed God’s justice, because they had been immersed with John’s immersion.

John 3:3

Yeshua answered him, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:5

Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the periods of ignorance, now He commands everyone everywhere to repent.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.

Romans 5:20

Now the Torah came in so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace overflowed even more—

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.