27 Then they answered Jesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

28 [a]But what think ye? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder, and said, Son, go and work today in my vineyard.

29 But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himself, and went.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:28 It is no new thing to see them to be the worst of all men, which ought to show the way of godliness to others.

27 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’(A)

29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

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