Two Sons

The King and the Cornerstone · Matthew 21

Story guide: A father addresses one son while another looks on, picturing Jesus’s parable of the two sons.

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28But what do you think? A man had two children. Going to the first, he said, ‘Child, go work today in the vineyard.’

29But he answered, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he changed his mind and went.

30Then he came to the second and said the same. And he answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.

31Which of the two did the will of the father? They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.”

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. But even after seeing this, you did not afterward change your minds so as to believe him.

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