The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 21: 33-43, 45-46
| 21:23 | And when he had arrived at the temple, as he was teaching, the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people approached him, hais: “By what authority do you do these things? And who has given this authority to you?” |
| 21:24 | In response, Yexus hais rau lawv: “I also will question you with one word: if you tell me this, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. |
| 21:25 | The baptism of John, where was it from? Was it from heaven, or from men?” But they thought within themselves, hais: |
| 21:26 | “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we have the crowd to fear, for they all hold John to be a prophet.” |
| 21:27 | Thiab yog li ntawd, they answered Jesus by saying, “We do not know.” So he also said to them: “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. |
| 21:28 | But how does it seem to you? A certain man had two sons. And approaching the first, nws hais: 'Tus tub, go out today to work in my vineyard.’ |
| 21:29 | And responding, nws hais, ‘I am not willing.’ But afterwards, being moved by repentance, he went. |
| 21:30 | And approaching the other, he spoke similarly. And answering, nws hais, ‘I am going, lord.’ And he did not go. |
| 21:31 | Which of the two did the will of the father?” Lawv hais rau nws, “The first.” Jesus said to them: “Amen kuv hais rau koj, that tax collectors and prostitutes shall precede you, into the kingdom of God. |
| 21:32 | For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him. |
| 21:33 | Mloog lwm zaj lus piv txwv. Muaj ib tug txiv neej, leej txiv ntawm tsev neeg, uas cog ib lub vaj txiv hmab, thiab puag ncig nws nrog ib tug hedge, thiab khawb ib lub xovxwm rau hauv nws, thiab ua ib tug pej thuam. Thiab nws qiv nws tawm rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, thiab nws tau tawm mus nyob txawv teb chaws. |
| 21:34 | Ces, thaum lub sij hawm ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo los ze, nws txib nws cov tub qhe mus rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, xwv kom lawv yuav tau txais nws tej txiv. |
| 21:35 | Thiab cov neeg ua liaj ua teb tau ntes nws cov tub qhe; lawv ntaus ib, thiab tua lwm tus, thiab muab pob zeb ntaus rau lwm tus. |
| 21:36 | Ib zaug ntxiv, nws txib lwm tus tub txib, ntau dua ua ntej; thiab lawv tau ua phem rau lawv ib yam nkaus. |
| 21:37 | Ces, thaum kawg, nws txib nws tus tub los rau lawv, hais: 'Lawv yuav hwm kuv tus tub.' |
| 21:38 | Tab sis cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, pom tus tub, hais ntawm lawv tus kheej: 'Qhov no yog tus qub txeeg qub teg. Los, cia peb tua nws, thiab tom qab ntawd peb yuav tau nws qub txeeg qub teg.' |
| 21:39 | Thiab ntes nws, lawv muab nws pov rau nraum zoov vaj txiv hmab, thiab lawv tua nws. |
| 21:40 | Yog li ntawd, thaum tus tswv ntawm lub vaj txiv hmab tuaj txog, Nws yuav ua li cas rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb?” |
| 21:41 | Lawv hais rau nws, “Nws yuav coj cov neeg phem ntawd mus rau qhov kawg, thiab nws yuav qiv nws lub vaj txiv hmab rau lwm tus neeg ua liaj ua teb, Leej twg yuav them cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo rau nws lub sijhawm." |
| 21:42 | Yexus hais rau lawv: “Koj tsis tau nyeem hauv Vajluskub: 'Lub pob zeb uas cov neeg tsim kho tsis lees paub tau dhau los ua lub hauv paus pob zeb. Los ntawm tus Tswv tau ua li no, thiab nws zoo kawg nkaus nyob rau hauv peb qhov muag?' |
| 21:43 | Yog li ntawd, kuv hais rau koj, kom Vajtswv lub tebchaws yuav raug muab tshem tawm ntawm koj mus, thiab nws yuav raug muab rau ib tug neeg uas yuav txi nws txiv. |
| 21:45 | Thiab thaum cov thawj coj ntawm cov pov thawj, thiab cov Falixais tau hnov nws tej lus piv txwv, lawv paub tias nws hais txog lawv. |
| 21:46 | Thiab txawm tias lawv nrhiav tuav nws, lawv ntshai cov neeg coob coob, vim lawv tuav nws ua ib tug cev Vajtswv lus. |
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