ISB ~ Matthew 21 v28 - 32

The parable of the Two Sons explains the preceding question about John the Baptist’s authority (21:25). The sons (21:28) represent two groups of people:the first are sinners who repent at the preaching of John (21:32); the second are Israel’s leaders, who refuse the Baptist’s message, even when tax collectors and harlots (21:32) respond to him (Lk 7:29-30). By following John’s way of righteousness (21:32), the former sinners do the will of the father (21:31).