20Matthew 20

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.Select Matthew 20:1

2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denariusa day, he sent them into his vineyard.Select Matthew 20:2

3He went out about the third hour,and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.Select Matthew 20:3

4To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.Select Matthew 20:4

5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,and did likewise.Select Matthew 20:5

6About the eleventh hourhe went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’Select Matthew 20:6

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.’Select Matthew 20:7

8When 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.’Select Matthew 20:8

9“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.Select Matthew 20:9

10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.Select Matthew 20:10

11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,Select Matthew 20:11

12saying, ‘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!’Select Matthew 20:12

13“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?Select Matthew 20:13

14Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.Select Matthew 20:14

15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’Select Matthew 20:15

16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”Select Matthew 20:16

17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,Select Matthew 20:17

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,Select Matthew 20:18

19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”Select Matthew 20:19

20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.Select Matthew 20:20

21He 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.”Select Matthew 20:21

22But 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.”Select Matthew 20:22

23He 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.”Select Matthew 20:23

24When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.Select Matthew 20:24

25But 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.Select Matthew 20:25

26It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.Select Matthew 20:26

27Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,Select Matthew 20:27

28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”Select Matthew 20:28

29As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.Select Matthew 20:29

30Behold, 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!”Select Matthew 20:30

31The 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!”Select Matthew 20:31

32Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”Select Matthew 20:32

33They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”Select Matthew 20:33

34Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.Select Matthew 20:34