Matthew 21:29
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· οὐ θέλω, ὕστερον μεταμεληθεὶς ἀπῆλθεν.
Greek NT
Ille autem respondens, ait : Nolo. Postea autem, pœnitentia motus, abiit.
Vulgate
And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.
ASV
And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μεταμέλλομαι
metamellomai
verb · 6×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὕστερον
usteron
adverb · 11×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: Οὐ θέλω ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς · | Treg/NIV/RP: Οὐ θέλω ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς | WH: Ἐγώ κύριε καὶ οὐκ
- Οὐ θέλω ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς · — SBLGNT
- Οὐ θέλω ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- Ἐγώ κύριε καὶ οὐκ — Westcott-Hort
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Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§546Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching.261 Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything.262 Words are not enough, deeds are required.263 The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or …
Cross-references
- Ezek 18:28 — Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- John 13:8 — Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- Luke 1:17 — And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the L
- Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.