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1 “For the Kingdom
of Heaven is
like a man
who was
the master of a
household, who
went out early
in the morning
to hire laborers
for his vineyard.
2 When he had
agreed with the
laborers for a
denarius
a day, he sent
them into
his vineyard.
3 He went out
about the third
hour,
and saw others
standing idle in
the marketplace.
4 He said to
them, ‘You also
go into
the vineyard, and
whatever is
right I will
give you.’ So
they went their
way.
5 Again he went
out about the
sixth and the
ninth hour,
and did
likewise.
6 About the
eleventh hour
he went out
and found others
standing idle. He
said to them, ‘Why
do you stand
here all
day idle?’
7 “They said to
him, ‘Because no
one has hired
us.’
“He said to
them, ‘You also
go into
the vineyard, and
you will receive
whatever is
right.’
8 “When evening
had come, the
lord of
the vineyard said
to his manager,
‘Call the
laborers and pay
them their wages,
beginning from
the last to
the first.’
9 “When those who
were hired at
about the
eleventh hour
came, they each
received a
denarius.
10 When the first
came, they
supposed that
they would
receive more;
and they
likewise each received
a denarius.
11 When they
received it,
they murmured
against the master
of the household,
12 saying, ‘These
last have spent
one hour, and
you have made
them equal to
us who have borne
the burden of
the day and
the scorching
heat!’
13 “But he
answered one of
them, ‘Friend, I
am doing you
no wrong. Didn’t
you agree with
me for a
denarius?
14 Take that which
is yours, and
go your way.
It is my
desire to give
to this last
just as much as
to you.
15 Isn’t it lawful
for me to
do what I
want to with
what I own?
Or is your
eye evil,
because I am
good?’
16 So the last
will be first,
and the first
last. For many
are called,
but few are chosen.”
17 As
Jesus was going
up to Jerusalem,
he took the
twelve disciples
aside, and on
the way he
said to them,
18 “Behold, we are
going up to
Jerusalem, and
the Son of
Man will be
delivered to the
chief priests and
scribes, and
they will
condemn him to
death,
19 and will hand
him over to
the Gentiles to
mock, to scourge,
and to crucify;
and the third
day he will
be raised
up.”
20 Then
the mother of
the sons of
Zebedee came to
him with her
sons, kneeling
and asking a
certain thing of
him.
21 He
said to her,
“What do you
want?”
She said to
him, “Command that
these, my two
sons, may sit,
one on your
right hand and
one on your
left hand, in
your Kingdom.”
22 But
Jesus answered,
“You don’t know
what you are
asking. Are you
able to drink
the cup that
I am about
to drink, and
be baptized with
the baptism that
I am baptized
with?”
They said to
him, “We are
able.”
23 He
said to them,
“You will
indeed drink my
cup, and
be baptized with
the baptism that
I am baptized
with; but to
sit on my
right hand and
on my left
hand is not
mine to give,
but it is
for whom it
has been
prepared by my
Father.”
24 When
the ten heard it,
they were indignant
with the
two brothers.
25 But
Jesus summoned
them, and said,
“You know that
the rulers of
the nations lord
it over them,
and their great
ones exercise
authority over
them.
26 It shall not
be so among
you; but whoever
desires to
become great
among you shall
be
your servant.
27 Whoever desires
to be first
among you shall
be your bondservant,
28 even as the
Son of Man
came not to
be served, but
to serve, and
to give his
life as a
ransom for
many.”
29 As
they went out
from Jericho, a
great multitude followed
him.
30 Behold,
two blind men
sitting by the
road, when
they heard that
Jesus was passing
by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on
us, you son
of David!”
31 The
multitude rebuked
them, telling them
that they should
be quiet, but
they cried out
even more, “Lord,
have mercy on
us, you son
of David!”
32 Jesus
stood still and
called them, and
asked,
“What do you
want me to
do for
you?”
33 They
told him, “Lord,
that our eyes
may be opened.”
34 Jesus,
being moved with
compassion, touched their
eyes; and
immediately their
eyes received their
sight, and
they followed him.