Matthew 21:29

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

He answered {G1161}{G611} and said {G2036}, I will {G2309} not {G3756}: but {G1161} afterward {G5305} he repented {G3338}, and went {G565}.

He answered, `I don't want to'; but later he changed his mind and went.

‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 18:28 (4 votes)

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Ezekiel 18:32 (4 votes)

    For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.

  • Luke 15:17 (2 votes)

    And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

  • Luke 15:18 (2 votes)

    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

  • 2 Chronicles 33:10 (2 votes)

    And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19 (2 votes)

    His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:11 (2 votes)

    And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.