Matthew 21:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Did

2 Peter 3:9

The first

Luke 7:40

Luke 19:22

Romans 3:19

Verily

Matthew 5:18

Matthew 6:5

Matthew 18:3

The publicans

General references

Luke 15:1

Bible References

Did

Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

For whoever doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

I say to you, that thus there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

The times indeed of ignorance God overlooked; but now commandeth all men every where to repent;

The Lord is not tardy concerning his promise, as some men count tardiness; but is longsuffering toward you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The first

And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.

He saith to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant! thou knewest that I was a harsh man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

Now we know that whatever the Law saith, it saith to those who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become subject to condemnation before God.

Verily

For truly do I say to you, Not till heaven and earth pass away, shall one jot or one tittle pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward.

and said, Truly do I say to you, Unless ye are changed, and become as children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

The publicans

And as Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

Thus the last will be first, and the first, last. And as

And all the people when they heard him, and the publicans, acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John.

And all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to him, to hear him.

And Jesus said to him, This day hath salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

Moreover the law came in in addition, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded much more;

What then shall we say? That the gentiles, who did not strive after righteousness, obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;

though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a doer of outrage; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief;

General references

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

And it happened that he was reclining at table in his house; and many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and scribes of the Pharisees were also following him.

But many who are first will be last; and the last first.

And there came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what must we do?

And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?

And lo! there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

And all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to him, to hear him.