Matthew 21:30
World English Bible (WEB)
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
In context
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’m going, 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 God’s Kingdom 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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
- KJV King James Version
- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not.