Verse 29
Matthew 21:29
Bible in Basic English
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And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· ⸂Οὐ θέλω· ὕστερον δὲ μεταμεληθεὶς⸃ ἀπῆλθεν.
English Translation
But he answered, “I do not want to;” but later, having changed his mind, he went away.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 21 Context
1
And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to Beth-phage, to the Mountain of Olives, Yashua (Je...
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Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with...
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And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and straight away he wi...
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Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
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Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a youn...
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And the disciples went and did as Yashua (Jesus) had given them orders,
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And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.
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And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and p...
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And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son o...
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And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?
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11
And the people said, This is the prophet Yashua (Jesus), from Nazareth of Galilee.
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12
And Yashua (Jesus) went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tab...
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13
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are m...
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14
And the blind and the broken in body came to him in the Temple, and he made them well.
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15
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children cry...
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Have you any idea what these are saying? And Yashua (Jesus) said to them, Yes: have you not seen in...
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And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.
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Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.
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And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he s...
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And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so sho...
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And Yashua (Jesus) in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting,...
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22
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
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23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came...
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24
And Yashua (Jesus) said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the an...
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25
The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among...
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But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
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And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by w...
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But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do...
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29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
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And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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31
Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Yashua (Jesus) said to them, Truly...
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers a...
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33
Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made...
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And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
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And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and s...
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Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.
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But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
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But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the own...
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And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
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When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
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41
They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to o...
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42
Yashua (Jesus) says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on...
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43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God (Elohim) will be taken away from you, and will be g...
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Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
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45
And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was t...
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46
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he...
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