Matthew 21:31

The Parable Of The Two Sons

³⁰ The man went to the second and said the same to him; he replied, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and did go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you. ³² For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

Truly I Say to You

Enter the Kingdom of God

I Tell You the Truth

Jesus Said

Kingdom of God

Kingdom of Heaven

Tax Collector

Publicans And The Harlots

Truly I Tell You

Verily I Say Unto You

Jesus

Luke 7:29

(On hearing this all the people and the taxgatherers acknowledged the justice of God, as they had been baptized with the baptism of John;

Luke 7:37-50

Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume

Matthew 7:21

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

Matthew 12:50

Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 18:3

and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all.

Matthew 20:16

So shall the last be first and the first last."

Luke 15:1-2

Now the tax gatherers and sinners were all approaching him to listen to him,

Luke 15:10

So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

Luke 19:9-10

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

Luke 19:22

He replied, 'You rascal of a servant, I will convict you by what you have said yourself. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, picking up what I never put down, and reaping what I never sowed!

Acts 17:30

Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

Romans 3:19

Whatever the Law says, we know, it says to those who are inside the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world made answerable to God;

Romans 5:20

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

Romans 9:30-33

What are we to conclude, then? That Gentiles who never aimed at righteousness have attained righteousness, that is, righteousness by faith;

1 Timothy 1:13-16

though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow with what he promises, according to certain people's idea of slowness; no, he is longsuffering for your sake, he does not wish any to perish but all to betake them to repentance.

Matthew 5:18

(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

Matthew 6:5

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.