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He answered, `I will not,` but afterward he repented himself, and went.
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Repentance is Action
Commentators highlight that the son's repentance was genuine because it led to action. He didn't just feel sorry for his initial refusal; he changed his mind and went to work. Scholars explain that true, godly repentance isn't merely an emotion like regret, but a change of heart that results in practical obedience to God's will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But what think ye? This was a way of speaking designed to direct them particularly to what He was saying, so that they might be self-convi…
I will not (ου θελω). So many old manuscripts, though the Vatican manuscript (B) has the order of the two sons reversed. Logically…
19th Century
Anglican
I will not—The bold defiance of the answer corresponds to the rough recklessness of the classes (tax collectors and prostitutes) w…
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Baptist
By two parables the Lord Jesus deals with the religious leaders who had opposed Him.
In the first parable, that of the two sons, He exposes …
In this parable, the older son says no, but repents and goes; the second son says yes, but does nothing. Who performs the Father’s will? The first.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He answered and said, I will not Which answer fitly expresses the language and practice of openly profane and unregenerate sin…
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Parables that give reproof speak plainly to the offenders and judge them out of their own mouths. The parable of the two sons sent to work in the v…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,
