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"But what do you think? A man had two ^[f]sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘^[g]Son, go work today in the ^(aa)vineyard.'

And he answered, ‘I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went.

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir'; but he did not go.

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They *said, "The first." Jesus *said to them, "Truly I say to you that ^(ab)the tax collectors and prostitutes ^[h]will get into the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but ^(ac)the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.