Matthew 21:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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,

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  • Luke 7:29 : 29 And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
  • Luke 7:37-50 : 37 and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment, 38 and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment. 39 And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind `is' the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.' 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.' 41 `Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty; 42 and they not having `wherewith' to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?' 43 And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.' 44 And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; 45 a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what `time' I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; 46 with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet; 47 therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.' 48 And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;' 49 and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?' 50 and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 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,
  • Luke 15:1-2 : 1 And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, 2 and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
  • Luke 19:9-9 : 9 And Jesus said unto him -- `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
  • Luke 19:22 : 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!
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,
  • Rom 3:19 : 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;
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
  • Rom 9:30-33 : 30 What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith, 31 and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive; 32 wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling, 33 according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'
  • 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief, 14 and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that `is' in Christ Jesus: 15 stedfast `is' the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am; 16 but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:
  • Matt 7:21 : 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.
  • Matt 9:9 : 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.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'
  • Matt 18:3 : 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;
  • Matt 20:16 : 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
  • 2 Sam 12:5-7 : 5 And the anger of David burneth against the man exceedingly, and he saith unto Nathan, `Jehovah liveth, surely a son of death `is' the man who is doing this, 6 and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.' 7 And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou `art' the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
  • Job 15:6 : 6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
  • Ezek 33:11 : 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?
  • Matt 5:18 : 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.
  • Matt 6:5 : 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.

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