The Parable of the Two Sons

28 But what [do] you think? [There was] a man who had two sons. He went to the first [one] [and] said, ‘Son, go [and] work today in the vineyard.’

29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind [and] went.[fn]

30 Then [the man] went to the second [son] [and] told [him] the same thing.

‘I [will], sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31 Which of the two did the will of [his] father?”

“The first,[fn]” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in [the] way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes [did]. And [even] after you saw this, you did not repent [and] believe him.