Matthew 21:31
"Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you."
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- Luke 7:29
"And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John."
Read in chapter → - Luke 7:37
"And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 7:21
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
Read in chapter → - Romans 9:30
"What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith."
Read in chapter → - Romans 5:20
"Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:"
Read in chapter → - Romans 3:19
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 1:13
"Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 20:16
"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 18:3
"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
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