Which of the two did the will of his father? They said: the first. And Jesus said to them: truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. The religious leaders' correct answer — the first — is turned against them: the tax collectors and prostitutes who initially refused but repented at John's preaching are entering the kingdom before the chief priests and elders who said yes but did not go. The before you is not an exclusion but a priority: the religious establishment is last; the repentant sinners are first.

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