The Parable of the Two Sons
Matthew 21:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
- KJV
- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- WEB
- He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
- ASV
- And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- LSV
- And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], lord, and did not go;
- YLT
- 'And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;
- DBY
- And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not.
- DRC
- And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not.
- GNV
- Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27 read ἑτέρῳ (“other”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δευτέρῳ (“second”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (6)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include δὲ (“then”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Word order: Westcott–Hort place ἐγώ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Westcott–Hort place κύριε elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Westcott–Hort place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Westcott–Hort place οὐκ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: προσελθὼν δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read προσελθὼν δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read Καὶ προσελθὼν.
- SBLGNT: δευτέρῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read δευτέρῳ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἑτέρῳ.
- SBLGNT: Ἐγώ κύριε καὶ οὐκ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read Ἐγώ κύριε καὶ οὐκ; Westcott and Hort (1881) read Οὐ θέλω ὕστερον μεταμεληθεὶς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- προσελθὼν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ εἶπεν ὡσαύτως· ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἐγώ, κύριε· καὶ οὐκ ἀπῆλθεν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ προσελθὼν τῷ δευτέρῳ εἶπεν ὡσαύτως. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Ἐγώ, κύριε· καὶ οὐκ ἀπῆλθεν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ προσελθὼν τῷ δευτέρῳ εἶπεν ὡσαύτως. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Ἐγώ, κύριε· καὶ οὐκ ἀπῆλθε.
- SCR1894
- και προσελθων τω δευτερω ειπεν ωσαυτως ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν εγω κυριε και ουκ απηλθεν
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- Matthew 23:3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
- Romans 2:17–25Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for…
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