Matthew 20

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1. 1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who was the head of a household and went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.”
2. 2After agreeing with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3. 3Around 9 in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4. 4He told them, 'Go work in my vineyard too, and I'll pay you whatever is fair.' So they went.
5. 5He went out again around noon and again around 3 in the afternoon, doing the same thing each time.
6. 6About the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, “Why have you stood here idle all day?”
7. 7They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He told them, 'Go into the vineyard too, and you will receive whatever is right.'
8. 8When evening came, the vineyard owner told his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages — but start with the ones who were hired last and end with the ones hired first.'
9. 9The workers hired at 5 in the afternoon came forward, and each one received a denarius.
10. 10But when the workers who were hired first came, they expected to receive more. Each of them also received one denarius.
11. 11When they got their pay, they complained to the landowner.
12. 12They said, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
13. 13But the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I haven't cheated you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
14. 14“Take what is yours and go your way. I will give to this last one even as to you.”
15. 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?
16. 16So the last will be first, and the first will be last: for many are called, but few are chosen.
17. 17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside along the way and said to them,
18. 18"Listen," he said, "we're going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death
19. 19and turn him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him, whip him, and crucify him. But on the 3rd day, he will rise again."
20. 20Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to Jesus with her sons, worshipping him and asking him for a favor.
21. 21"What do you want?" Jesus asked her. She said, "Grant that my two sons may sit, one at your right hand and the other at your left, in your kingdom."
22. 22But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I will drink from and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23. 23He said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with. But to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but for those for whom it is prepared by my Father.”
24. 24When the other ten disciples heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25. 25But Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions exercise authority over them."
26. 26But it must not be that way among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant.
27. 27Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.
28. 28In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
29. 29As they were leaving Jericho, a huge crowd followed Jesus.
30. 302 blind men were sitting beside the road, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"
31. 31The crowd told them to be quiet, but they only shouted louder: "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"
32. 32Jesus stopped and called out to them. "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.
33. 33They said to him, “Lord, may our eyes be opened.”
34. 34Filled with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Instantly they could see, and they followed him.