| Matthew 20 | ||
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| "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. | |
| "When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. | |
| "And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place; | |
| and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And {so} they went. | |
| "Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. | |
| "And about the eleventh {hour} he went out and found others standing {around;} and he *said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?' | |
| "They *said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He *said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.' | |
| "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last {group} to the first.' | |
| "When those {hired} about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius. | |
| "When those {hired} first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. | |
| "When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner, | |
| saying, 'These last men have worked {only} one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' | |
| "But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? | |
| 'Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. | |
| 'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?' | |
| "So the last shall be first, and the first last." | |
| As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve {disciples} aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, | |
| "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, | |
| and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify {Him,} and on the third day He will be raised up." | |
| Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him. | |
| And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She *said to Him, "Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left." | |
| But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They *said to Him, "We are able." | |
| He *said to them, "My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on {My} left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father." | |
| And hearing {this,} the ten became indignant with the two brothers. | |
| But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and {their} great men exercise authority over them. | |
| "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, | |
| and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; | |
| just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." | |
| As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. | |
| And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" | |
| The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" | |
| And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" | |
| They *said to Him, "Lord, {we want} our eyes to be opened." | |
| Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him. |
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