I rather be counted with the numbers of those BAD guys.
Mat 21:31 Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Mat_21:32 For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Exactly...first off do not try and manipulate someone with parables because you fall short of Grace and have not recognized that the verses 28-32 are that exact thing....a parable addressing the confusion in verses 23-27. I am saying it again, read your bible before you choose to dispute someone with verses by way of google or whatever it is you are using because you better believe I have read mine.
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23 [/SUP]And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
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24 [/SUP]And Jesus answered and said unto them,
I also will ask you one thing, which if
ye tell me, I in like wise will tell
you by what authority I do these things.
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25 [/SUP]The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If
we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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26 [/SUP]But if
we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
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27 [/SUP]And they answered Jesus, and said,
We cannot tell. And
he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
---The following is a parable explaining why Jesus did not tell- """you by what authority I do these things"""- in the verses 23-27
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28 [/SUP]
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
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29 [/SUP]He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
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30 [/SUP]And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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31 [/SUP]Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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32 [/SUP]For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.