Matthew:20
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For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard .
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Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day ,
he sent them into his vineyard .
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And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace ,
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and said to them , "
You also go into the vineyard ,
and whatever is right I will give you .'
So they went .
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Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour ,
and did likewise .
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And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle ,
and said to them , "
Why have you been standing here idle all day ?'
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They said to him , "
Because no one hired us .'
He said to them , "
You also go into the vineyard ,
and whatever is right you will receive .'
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So when evening had come ,
the owner of the vineyard said to his steward , "
Call the laborers and give them their wages ,
beginning with the last to the first .'
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And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour ,
they each received a denarius .
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But when the first came ,
they supposed that they would receive more ;
and they likewise received each a denarius .
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And when they had received it ,
they complained against the landowner ,
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saying , "
These last men have worked only one hour ,
and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day .'
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But he answered one of them and said , "
Friend ,
I am doing you no wrong .
Did you not agree with me for a denarius ?
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Take what is yours and go your way .
I wish to give to this last man the same as to you .
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things ?
Or is your eye evil because I am good ?'
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So the last will be first ,
and the first last .
For many are called ,
but few chosen ."
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Now Jesus ,
going up to Jerusalem ,
took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them ,
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Behold ,
we are going up to Jerusalem ,
and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes ;
and they will condemn Him to death ,
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and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify .
And the third day He will rise again ."
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Then the mother of Zebedee '
s sons came to Him with her sons ,
kneeling down and asking something from Him .
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And He said to her , "
What do you wish ?"
She said to Him , "
Grant that these two sons of mine may sit ,
one on Your right hand and the other on the left ,
in Your kingdom ."
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But Jesus answered and said , "
You do not know what you ask .
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 ."
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So 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 is not Mine to give ,
but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father ."
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And when the ten heard it ,
they were greatly displeased with the two brothers .
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But Jesus called them to Himself and said , "
You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them ,
and those who are great exercise authority over them .
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Yet it shall not be so among you ;
but whoever desires to become great among you ,
let him be your servant .
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And whoever desires to be first among you ,
let him be your slave --
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just as the Son of Man did not come to be served ,
but to serve ,
and to give His life a ransom for many ."
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Now as they went out of Jericho ,
a great multitude followed Him .
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And behold ,
two blind men sitting by the road ,
when they heard that Jesus was passing by ,
cried out ,
saying , "
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
Son of David !"
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Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet ;
but they cried out all the more ,
saying , "
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
Son of David !"
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So Jesus stood still and called them ,
and said , "
What do you want Me to do for you ?"
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They said to Him , "
Lord ,
that our eyes may be opened ."
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So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes .
And immediately their eyes received sight ,
and they followed Him .