31Which of the two did the father’s will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21 marks a decisive pivot in the Gospel narrative. Jesus enters Jerusalem in a deliberately provocative display of messianic kingship, cleanses the temple with prophetic authority, curses a fig tree as a living parable of judgment, and engages in escalating confrontations
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