Matthew 21:31

Young's Literal Translation 1862

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

Cross References

Job 15:6

Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?

Matthew 12:50

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

Matthew 18:3

and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

Matthew 21:30

`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;

Matthew 5:18

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

Matthew 5:46

`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

Matthew 6:5

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

Matthew 7:21

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Matthew 9:9

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

Luke 15:10

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

Luke 19:22

`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

Luke 7:29

And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

John 3:3

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

John 3:5

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

Acts 17:30

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

Romans 3:19

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Romans 5:20

And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

2 Peter 3:9

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,