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Matthew 21:31

Matthew 21:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

did: Matthew 7:21, Matthew 12:50; Ezekiel 33:11; Luke 15:10; Acts 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9

The first: 2 Samuel 12:5-7; Job 15:6; Luke 7:40-42, Luke 19:22; Romans 3:19

Verily: Matthew 5:18, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 18:3

the publicans: Matthew 9:9, Matthew 20:16; Luke 7:29, Luke 7:37-50, Luke 15:1-2, Luke 19:9-10; Romans 5:20, Romans 9:30-33; 1 Timothy 1:13-16

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