The Two Sons
A father tells two sons to work in the vineyard; one says no but goes, the other says yes but does not.
28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’29He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.31Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to him, “The first.” Yeshua said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into Elohim’s Kingdom before you.32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.”
Words are cheap; obedience is the receipt. Yeshua tells this to chief priests and elders who said yes to the Father in name but rejected the messenger He sent. Tax collectors and prostitutes — the no-sayers who repented — are entering the Kingdom ahead of them. Walking matters more than speech.