< Matthew 20 >
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a house-lord, who went forth in the early morn to hire labourers for his vinery.
2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
And he bargained with the labourers for a denarius a day, and sent them into his vinery.
3 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
And he went forth in three hours, and saw others who were standing in the public place and unemployed.
4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
And he said to them, Go also you in the vinery, and what is suitable I will give you. Then went they.
5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
And he went forth again in six and nine hours, and did the same.
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
And about eleven hours he went out, and found others who were standing and unemployed; and he said to them, Why are you standing all the day unemployed?
7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go also you into the vinery, and whatever is suitable you shall receive.
8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
But when it was evening, the lord of the vinery said to the chief of his household, Call the workmen and give to them their wages; and begin from the last unto the first.
9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
And they came who (had wrought) from eleven hours; and they received each a denarius.
10 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
But when the first came, they expected to take more; but they also received each a denarius.
11 On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
And when they had received, they murmured against the house-lord,
12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
and said, These last have wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us, who have borne the burden of the day and its heat.
13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
But he answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not unjust towards thee: didst thou not bargain with me for a denarius?
14 Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
Take what is thine and go: I will unto these last to give as unto thee.
15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Is it not lawful for me that whatsoever l am willing, I may do with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are the called, but few the chosen.
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
NOW Jeshu was about to go up to Urishlem, and he took his twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,
18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
Behold, we go up to Urishlem, and the Son of man is betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to the death;
19 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
and they shall consign him to the Gentiles, and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and shall crucify him, and on the third day he shall arise.
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zabdai, she and her sons, and worshipped him, and supplicated a certain thing of him.
21 “What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
But he said to her, What wilt thou? She said to him, Declare that these my two sons shall sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left, in thy kingdom.
22 “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
Jeshu answered and said, You know not what you ask: are you able to drink the cup of which I am about to drink, or with the baptism with which I am baptized will you be baptized? They say unto him, We are able!
23 “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
He saith to them, My cup you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized you shall be baptized: but that you may sit at my right hand, and at my left, is not mine to give, unless to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
And when the ten heard it, they were indignant against those two brothers.
25 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
And Jeshu called them, and said to them, You know that the princes of the Gentiles are their lords, and their great ones exercise power over them;
26 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
but it shall not be so among you; but whoever among you willeth to be great, let him be minister to you.
27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
And whoever among you willeth to be first, let him be to you the servant.
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
So, the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life the redemption for many.
29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
AND when Jeshu went forth from Jirichu, a great multitude cometh after him.
30 And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
And, behold, two blind men were sitting by the side of the way; and when they heard that Jeshu was passing, they gave voice, saying, Be merciful upon us, my Lord, Son of David!
31 The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
But the crowds rebuked them that they should be silent; but they lifted up their voice the more, saying, Our Lord, be merciful upon us, O Son of David!
32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
And Jeshu stood and called them, and said, What will you that I should do for you?
33 “Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”
They say to him, Our Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.
And he had compassion on them, and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes were opened, and they went after him.