Matthew 20
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The Story of the Workers in the Vineyard
1“The kingdom of heaven is like the manager of an estate who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to give them the usual pay for a day’s work, and he sent them into the vineyard.
3“About nine o’clock, he went out again and saw others standing in the market doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I’ll pay you what’s fair.’ 5So they went.
“He went out again at about noon and at three o’clock and did the same thing. 6About five o’clock he went out and found others still standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’
7“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You go and work in my vineyard too.’
8“When evening came, the manager of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers in and give them their pay. Begin with the ones I hired last and end with the ones I hired first.’
9“When the workers who’d been hired at about five o’clock came in, each one was given the usual pay for a whole day. 10So when those who’d been hired first came in, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received a day’s pay. 11When they saw what they were getting, they began to complain about the manager. 12‘Those people who were hired last only worked for one hour,’ they said. ‘But you paid them the same as us, even though we did most of the work and were out in the hot sun all day.’
13“The manager answered one of them, ‘I’m not being unfair to you, my friend. Didn’t you agree to work for the usual day’s pay? 14Take your money and go. I want to give the ones I hired last the same pay I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you feel cheated just because I was generous to the others?’
16“So those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last.”
Jesus Speaks a Third Time About His Coming Death
17Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the way, he took his 12 disciples to one side to talk to them. 18“We’re going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and there the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will sentence him to death 19and hand him over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him and whip him. They will nail him to a cross, but on the third day he will rise from the dead!”
High Positions in the Kingdom
20The mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus. They came along with her. She got down on her knees and asked him for a favor.
21“What do you want?” Jesus asked.
She said, “Promise that in your kingdom, my two sons will get thrones right next to yours, one on each side of you.”
22“You don’t know what you’re asking for,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup of suffering that I’m going to drink?”
“We can,” they answered.
23Jesus said to them, “You will certainly drink from my cup. But it’s not up to me who will sit next to me. Those places belong to the ones my Father has prepared them for.”
24When the other ten disciples heard about this, they got angry at the two brothers. 25But Jesus called them all together and said, “You know that the leaders of the Gentiles like to use their power over others and that their high officials order people around. 26Don’t be like that. Instead, any one of you who wants to be great must become a servant to all the others, 27and anyone who wants to be first must be a slave. 28Be like the Son of Man, who didn’t come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life to set people free.”
Two Blind Men Become Able to See
29As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples, a large crowd was following him. 30Two men who were blind were sitting by the side of the road. When they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
31The crowd told them to stop shouting and be quiet. But the two men shouted even more loudly, “Lord! Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
32Jesus stopped and called out to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33“Lord,” they answered, “we want to be able to see.”
34Jesus felt deep concern for them, so he went over and touched their eyes. Right away they became able to see, and they followed him.
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Matthew 20
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CHAPTER 20
1The kingdom of heavens is like to an husbandman, that went out first by the morrow [or early], to hire work-men into his vineyard.
2And when the covenant was made with the workmen, of a penny for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market.
4And he said to them, Go ye also into mine vineyard, and that that shall be rightful, I shall give to you. And they went forth.
5Again he went out about the sixth hour, and the ninth, and did in like manner.
6But about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and said to them, What stand ye idle here all day?
7They say to him, For no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into my vineyard.
8And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his procurator, Call the workmen, and yield to them their hire, and begin thou at the last till to the first.
9And so when they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, also they took every each of them a penny, [or even-pence, that is, every man a penny].
10But the first came, and deemed, that they should take more, but they [also] took each one by themselves a penny [or even-pence].
11and in the taking, they grutched against the husbandman,
12and said, These last wrought one hour, and thou hast made them even to us, that have borne the charge of the day, and [the] heat?
13And he answered to one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee none wrong [or no wrong]; whether thou hast not accorded with me for a penny?
14Take thou that that is thine, and go; for I will give to this last man, as to thee.
15Whether it is not leaveful to me to do that that I will? Whether thine eye is wicked, for I am good?
16So the last shall be the first, and the first shall be the last; for many be called, but few be chosen.
17And Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and took his twelve disciples in private, and said to them,
18Lo! we go up to Jerusalem, and man’s Son shall be betaken to princes of priests, and to scribes; and they shall condemn him to death.
19And they shall betake him to heathen men, for to be scorned, and scourged, and crucified; and the third day he shall rise again to life.
20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, honouring [or worshipping], and asking something of him.
21And he said to her, What wilt thou? She saith to him, Say that these two my sons sit [or that these my two sons sit], one at thy right half, and one at thy left half, in thy kingdom.
22Jesus answered, and said, Ye know not what ye ask. May ye drink of the cup that I shall drink of? [or that I am to drink?] They say to him, We may.
23He saith to them, Ye shall drink my cup; but to sit at my right half or [at my] left half, is not mine to give to you; but to whom it is made ready of my Father.
24And the ten hearing, had indignation of the two brethren.
25But Jesus called them to him, and said, Ye know, that [the] princes of heathen men be lords of them, and they that be [the] greater [or more], use power on them.
26It shall not be so among you; but whoever will be made [the] greater [or more] among you, be he your minister;
27and whoever among you will be the first, he shall be your servant.
28As man’s Son came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life redemption for many.
29And when they went out of Jericho, much people pursued him.
30And lo! two blind men sat beside the way, and heard that Jesus passed; and they cried, and said, Lord, the son of David, have mercy on us.
31And the people blamed them, that they should be still; and they cried the more, and said, Lord, the son of David, have mercy on us.
32And Jesus stood, and called them, and said, What will ye, that I do to you?
33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes be opened.
34And Jesus had mercy on them, and touched their eyes; and anon they saw, and pursued him.
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