Matthew 21:30
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go , sir: and went not.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Webster's Revision
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
World English Bible
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Clarke's Matthew 21:30 Bible Commentary
I go, sir - This is all respect, complaisance, and professed, obedience; but he went not: he promised well, but did not perform. What a multitude of such are in the world, professing to know God, but denying him in their works! Alas! what will such professions avail, when God comes to take away the soul?
Wesley's Matthew 21:30 Bible Commentary
21:30 He answered, I go, sir: but went not - Just so did the scribes and Pharisees: they professed the greatest readiness and zeal in the service of God: but it was bare profession, contradicted by all their actions.