Mat 21:31-32 | RWP | e4.org | Go before you ( προαγουσιν ). "In front of you" (Weymouth). The publicans and harlots march ahead of the ecclesiastics into the kingdom of heaven. It is a powerful indictment of the complacency of the Jewish theological leaders.

‏ Matthew 21:31-32

Go before you ( προαγουσιν ). "In front of you" (Weymouth). The publicans and harlots march ahead of the ecclesiastics into the kingdom of heaven. It is a powerful indictment of the complacency of the Jewish theological leaders.

In the way of righteousness ( εν οδω δικαιοσυνης ). In the path of righteousness. Compare the two ways in Mt 7:13, 14 and "the way of God" (22:16).