30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.


In Context

27 They answered Jesus, and said, |We don't know.| He also said to them, |Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?| They said to him, |The first.| Jesus said to them, |Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Matthew 21:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go,] sir: and went not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:30"Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:30And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.