Matthew 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.

For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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

And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;

4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way.

5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he 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?’

But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the 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.’

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive].

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.’

But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

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

And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

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

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

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!’

saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

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

But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not 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.

Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:

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?’

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine 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.”

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

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

And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with [him] apart in the way, and 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,

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up 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.”

and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again.

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

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something 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.”

And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak [the word] that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy 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.”

And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say 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.”

[And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about 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.

But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.

26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;

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.”

as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd 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!”

And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, 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!”

But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

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

And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?

33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

They say to 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.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.