Matthew 21:31
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.

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Matthew 21:31
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.

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Matthew 21:32
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.

Luke 7:29
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

Luke 13:30
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

Luke 15:2
The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

Matthew 9:10
As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

Luke 5:30
Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

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Matthew 12:28
But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”

Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

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Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

John 7:17
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.

Romans 12:2
Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.


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