Matthew 21:29

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

Matthew 3:2-8

"Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.

Luke 15:17-18

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!

Acts 26:20

but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 2:1-13

You also were dead because of the offenses and sins

Ephesians 4:17-19

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

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Summary

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

General references

Bible References

I will not

Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Ephesians 4:17
So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

He repented

Matthew 3:2
"Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"
Luke 15:17
When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!
Acts 26:20
but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.
1 Corinthians 6:11
Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 2:1
You also were dead because of the offenses and sins

General references

Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"
Luke 13:30
There are those now last who will then be first, and there are those now first who will be last."
Luke 15:1
All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.