Read Matthew 21:23-32
23 Jesus
came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders
came to him and asked, “What right have you to do these things? Who gave you
this right?”
24 Jesus
answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer,
I will tell you what right I have to do these things. 25Where did
John’s right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”
They
started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From
God,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’ 26But
if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do,
because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.” 27So they
answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
And he
said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.
28 “Now,
what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the elder
one and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29‘I don’t
want to,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30Then
the father went to the other son and said the same thing. ‘Yes, sir,’ he
answered, but he did not go. 31Which one of the two did what his
father wanted?”
“The
elder one,” they answered.
So Jesus
said to them, “I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going
into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. 32For John the Baptist came to
you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the
tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you
did not later change your minds and believe him.
Think
Humble obedience is what good
looks for - not words and empty promises.
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