Matthew 21:31

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

Who of the twain did the father’s will? They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Truly I say to you, for publicans and whores shall go before you into the kingdom of God.

Cross References

Job 15:6

Thy tongue [or Thy mouth], and not I, shall condemn thee, and thy lips shall answer thee.

Ezekiel 33:11

say thou to them, I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked man, but that the wicked man be converted from his ways, and live; be ye converted from your worst ways, and why shall ye die, the house of Israel?

Matthew 12:50

for whoever doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 18:3

and said, I say truth to you [or Truly I say to you], but ye be turned, and [be] made as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heavens.

Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be the first, and the first shall be the last; for many be called, but few be chosen.

Matthew 21:30

But he came to the other, and said in like manner. And he answered, and said, Lord, I go; and he went not.

Matthew 5:18

Forsooth I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one letter, [or one i, that is, the least letter], or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all things be done.

Matthew 5:46

For if ye love them that love you, what meed shall ye have? whether [the] publicans do not this thing?

Matthew 6:5

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as hypocrites, that love to pray standing in synagogues and [in] corners of streets, to be seen of men [or that they be seen of men]; truly I say to you, they have received their meed.

Matthew 7:21

Not every man that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in heavens, he shall enter into the kingdom of heavens.

Matthew 9:9

And when Jesus passed from thence, he saw a man, Matthew by name, sitting in a tollbooth. And he said to him, Pursue thou me. And he rose, and followed him.

Luke 15:10

So I say to you, joy shall be before the angels of God on one sinful man doing penance.

Luke 19:22

He saith to him, Wicked servant, of thy mouth I deem thee. Knewest thou, that I am an austere man, taking away that thing that I setted not, and reaping that thing that I sowed not? [or I have not sown?]

Luke 7:29

And all the people hearing, and publicans, that had been baptized with the baptism of John, justified God;

John 3:3

Jesus answered, and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, but a man be born again, he may not see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, but a man be born again of water, and of the Holy Ghost, he may not enter into the kingdom of God.

Acts 17:30

For God despiseth the times of this unknowing, and now showeth to men, that all everywhere do penance;

Romans 3:19

And we know, that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to God.

Romans 5:20

And the law entered, that guilt should be plenteous; but where guilt was plenteous, grace was more plenteous [or abounded].

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord tarrieth not his promise, as some guess, but he doeth patiently for you, and will not that any man perish [or not willing any to perish], but that all turn again to penance.