Matthew 20
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The Parable of the Vineyard Workers
1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. # Mt 13:24; 21:28,33 2After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3When he went out about nine in the morning, # Lit about the third hour he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4To those men he said, ‘You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went. 5About noon and at three, # Lit about the sixth hour and the ninth hour he went out again and did the same thing. 6Then about five # Lit about the eleventh hour he went and found others standing around, # Other mss add doing nothing and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’
7“ ‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.
“ ‘You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them. # Other mss add ‘and you’ll get whatever is right.’ 8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, # Lv 19:13; Dt 24:15 starting with the last and ending with the first.’ # Lit starting from the last until the first
9“When those who were hired about five # Lit about the eleventh hour came, they each received one denarius. 10So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each. 11When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner: 12‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat! ’ # Jnh 4:8; Lk 12:55; Jms 1:11
13“He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius? # Mt 22:12; 26:50 14Take what’s yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my business? # Lit with what is mine Are you jealous # Lit Is your eye evil ; an idiom for jealousy or stinginess because I’m generous? ’ # Lit good # Dt 15:9; Pr 23:6; Mt 6:23; Mk 7:22
16“So the last will be first, and the first last.” # Other mss add For many are called, but few are chosen.” # Mt 19:30; Mk 10:31; Lk 13:30
The Third Prediction of His Death
17While going up to Jerusalem, # Mk 10:32-34; Lk 18:31-33 Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way: 18“Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death. # Mt 16:21; 26:66; Jn 19:7 19Then they will hand Him over to the Gentiles # Mt 27:2; Ac 2:23; 3:13; 4:27; 21:11 to be mocked, flogged, # Or scourged and crucified, and He will be resurrected # Other mss read will rise again on the third day.”
Suffering and Service
20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. # Mk 10:35-45; Lk 22:24-27 She knelt down to ask Him for something. # Mt 4:21; 8:2 21“What do you want? ” He asked her.
“Promise,” # Lit Say she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.” # Mt 16:28; 19:28; 25:31,34; Lk 23:42
22But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup # Figurative language referring to His coming suffering; Mt 26:39; Jn 18:11 that I am about to drink?” # Other mss add and (or) to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” # Is 51:22; Jr 49:12; Mk 14:36
“We are able,” they said to Him.
23He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup. # Other mss add and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with. But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.” # Ac 12:2; Rv 1:9 24When the 10 disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers. 25But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them. 26It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, # Mt 23:11; Mk 9:35 27and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, # Lk 22:27; Jn 13:13-15; 2Co 8:9; Php 2:7 and to give His life — a ransom for many.” # Mt 26:28; 1Tm 2:6; Ti 2:14; Heb 9:28
Two Blind Men Healed
29As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. # Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:35-43 30There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ” 31The crowd told them to keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ” # Mt 9:27; 21:9; 22:42
32Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you? ”
33“Lord,” they said to Him, “open our eyes! ” 34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed Him.
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Matthew 20
20
1 FOR THE kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning along with the dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace;
4 And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went.
5 He went out again about the sixth hour (noon), and the ninth hour (three o'clock) he did the same.
6 And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day?
7 They answered him, Because nobody has hired us. He told them, You go out into the vineyard also and you will get whatever is just and fair.
8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first. [Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:15.]
9 And those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (five o'clock) came and received a denarius each.
10 Now when the first came, they supposed they would get more, but each of them also received a denarius.
11 And when they received it, they grumbled at the owner of the estate,
12 Saying, These [men] who came last worked no more than an hour, and yet you have made them rank with us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this man hired last the same as I give to you.
15 Am I not permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? [Or do you begrudge my being generous?] Is your eye evil because I am good?
16 So those who [now] are last will be first [then], and those who [now] are first will be last [then]. For many are called, but few chosen.
17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside along the way and said to them,
18 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes; and they will sentence Him to death
19 And deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and whipped and crucified, and He will be raised [to life] on the third day.
20 Then the mother of Zebedee's children came up to Him with her sons and, kneeling, worshiped Him and asked a favor of Him.
21 And He asked her, What do you wish? She answered Him, Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit, one at Your right hand and one at Your left in Your kingdom.
22 But Jesus replied, You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized ? They answered, We are able.
23 He said to them, You will drink My cup, but seats at My right hand and at My left are not Mine to give, but they are for those for whom they have been ordained and prepared by My Father.
24 But when the ten [other disciples] heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers.
25 And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection [tyrannizing over them].
26 Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,
27 And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave–
28 Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].
29 And as they were going out of Jericho, a great throng accompanied Him.
30 And behold, two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, Lord, have pity and mercy on us, [You] Son of David!
31 The crowds reproved them and told them to keep still; but they cried out all the more, Lord, have pity and mercy on us, [You] Son of David!
32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and asked, What do you want Me to do for you?
33 They answered Him, Lord, we want our eyes to be opened!
34 And Jesus, in pity, touched their eyes; and instantly they received their sight and followed Him.
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