Mat 20 | ABEn | STEP | [ 7 likened 1 For 6 is 2 the 3 kingdom 4 of the 5 heavens] to a man, a master of a house, who came forth at the same time in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20

CHAPTER 20 The Parable of the Vineyard

1 [⁷likened ¹For ⁶is ²the ³kingdom ⁴of the ⁵heavens] to a man, a master of a house, who came forth at the same time in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 And having agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And having come forth around the third hour, he beheld others standing in the market idle. 4 And to those he said, You go also yourselves into the vineyard! and what ever might be just I will give to you. 5 And they went forth. Again going forth around the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. 6 And around the eleventh hour, having come forth, he found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why [²here ¹do you stand] the entire day idle? 7 They say to him that, No one hired us. He says to them, You go also yourselves into the vineyard, and what ever might be just you shall receive! 8 And evening having become, says the master of the vineyard to his caretaker, Call the workers, and render to them the wage! beginning from the last unto the first. 9 And the ones having come around the eleventh hour, received each a denarius. 10 And having come, the first ones thought that [²more ¹they shall receive]; and they received also themselves each a denarius. 11 And having received, they grumbled against the master of the house, 12 saying that, These last [²for only one ³hour ¹produced], and [²equal ³to us ¹you made them], the ones bearing the load of the day and the burning wind. 13 And he responding said to one of them, My companion, [³not ¹I wrong ²you]; [²not ⁵for a denarius ¹did you ³agree ⁴with me]? 14 Carry yours and go! But I want [²to these ³last ones ¹to give] as also to you. 15 Or is it not allowed to me to do what I want in the things mine? Is it your eye is wicked, that I am good? 16 Thus will be the last first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen. 17 And [²ascending ¹Jesus] unto Jerusalem, took with himself the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them; 18 Behold, we ascend unto Jerusalem, and the son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests, and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death. 19 And they shall deliver him up to the nations, to mock and to whip and to crucify; and in the third day he shall rise up.

The Mother of the Sons of Zebedee

20 Then came forward to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons doing obeisance, and asking something from him. 21 And he said to her, What do you want? She says to him, Say that [⁵should sit ¹these ³two ⁴sons ²my], one on your right, and one on your left, in your kingdom! 22 And answering Jesus said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink? And the immersion which I am immersed to be immersed? They say to him, We are able. 23 And he says to them, Indeed, my cup you shall drink, and the immersion which I am immersed you shall be immersed; but to sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give, but to the ones whom it has been prepared by my father. 24 And having heard, the ten were indignant about the two brothers. 25 And Jesus having called them, said, You know that the rulers of the nations dominate them, and the great ones exercise authority over them. 26 [²not ³so ¹But] shall it be with you. But who ever should want among you [²great ¹to become], shall be your servant. 27 And who ever should want among you to be first, shall be your servant. 28 As the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom instead of many. 29 And of their going forth from Jericho, there followed to him [multitude ¹a great]. 30 And behold, two blind men sitting down by the way, having heard that Jesus is passing by, cried out, saying, Show mercy on us, O Lord, son of David! 31 But the multitude reproached them that they should keep silent. But all the greater they cried out, saying, Show mercy on us, O Lord, son of David! 32 And standing, Jesus called them, and said, What do you want I should do to you? 33 They say to him, O Lord, that [³should be open ¹our ²eyes]. 34 And moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. And immediately [³gained sight ¹their ²eyes], and they followed him.