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uriel1972

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6. That all depends on what group you think

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 05:16 PM

Dec 2011

The tax collectors and harlots fall into, in the following verses Jesus refers to them believing in John but the questioners not, which I think tends to place the tax collectors and harlots in the second group; those that promise, but keep on living as they always did.

I am reading KJV which refers to them as publicans and harlots.

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Just to keep things rolling: Matt 21:28-31 [View all] uriel1972 Dec 2011 OP

i remember reading the chick track when i was 8 or 9 Tunkamerica Dec 2011 #1

I remember that one! Mariana Dec 2011 #12

those Chick tracts really portray their particular god in a bad light. AlbertCat Dec 2011 #15

Sure is pretty handy. LAGC Dec 2011 #2

I wouldn't call myself a scholar, but if you want the peanut gallery's thoughts. deacon_sephiroth Dec 2011 #3

My reading is different, but perhaps we're looking at different translations. TygrBright Dec 2011 #4

Very well done. Sal316 Dec 2011 #5

That all depends on what group you think uriel1972 Dec 2011 #6

One challenge that different translations offer is the semantic shifts in English words... TygrBright Dec 2011 #7

I think you got it backwards. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2011 #8

Hmmm, it's a challenge to understand uriel1972 Dec 2011 #9

reading all these you HAVE to ask deacon_sephiroth Dec 2011 #10

There is one answer to all your questions that makes sense... AlbertCat Dec 2011 #16

Written by the same person who wrote this: lindysalsagal Dec 2011 #18

When Jeffrey Dahmer died, the pastor at my church iris27 Dec 2011 #11

I've often wondered why homosexuality is the exception to those who think that way ButterflyBlood Dec 2011 #13

The same church as above taught that continuing iris27 Dec 2011 #17

I do not understand your reading of the parable of the two sons: struggle4progress Dec 2011 #14