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Matthew 21:28–32

Two sons, one says no and goes, one says yes and doesn't; tax collectors and prostitutes go ahead

28But what do you think? A man had two children. He came to the first and said, ‘Child, go, work today in the vineyard.’

29And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he regretted it and went.

30And he came to the second and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and did not go.

31Which of the two did the will of his father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and you, even when you saw it, did not even regret it afterward so as to believe him.

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26But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.”

27And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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33Hear another parable. There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey.

34And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to receive his fruit.

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