Matthew:20-21
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For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder ,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard .
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And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny 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 unto them ;
Go ye also into the vineyard ,
and whatsoever is right I will give you .
And they went their way .
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Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour ,
and did likewise .
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And about the eleventh hour he went out ,
and found others standing idle ,
and saith unto them ,
Why stand ye here all the day idle ?
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They say unto him ,
Because no man hath hired us .
He saith unto them ,
Go ye also into the vineyard ;
and whatsoever is right ,
that shall ye receive .
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So when even was come ,
the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward ,
Call the labourers ,
and give them their hire ,
beginning from the last unto the first .
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And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour ,
they received every man a penny .
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But when the first came ,
they supposed that they should have received more ;
and they likewise received every man a penny .
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And when they had received it ,
they murmured against the goodman of the house ,
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Saying ,
These last have wrought but one hour ,
and thou hast made them equal unto us ,
which have borne the burden and heat of the day .
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But he answered one of them ,
and said ,
Friend ,
I do thee no wrong :
didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?
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Take that thine is ,
and go thy way :
I will give unto this last ,
even as unto thee .
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ?
Is thine eye evil ,
because I am good ?
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So the last shall be first ,
and the first last :
for many be called ,
but few chosen .
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way ,
and said unto them ,
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Behold ,
we go up to Jerusalem ;
and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes ,
and they shall condemn him to death ,
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And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock ,
and to scourge ,
and to crucify him :
and the third day he shall rise again .
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Then came to him the mother of Zebedee '
s children with her sons ,
worshipping him ,
and desiring a certain thing of him .
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And he said unto her ,
What wilt thou ?
She saith unto him ,
Grant that these my two sons may sit ,
the one on thy right hand ,
and the other on the left ,
in thy kingdom .
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But Jesus answered and said ,
Ye know not what ye ask .
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of ,
and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with ?
They say unto him ,
We are able .
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And he saith unto them ,
Ye shall drink indeed of 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 shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father .
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And when the ten heard it ,
they were moved with indignation against the two brethren .
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But Jesus called them unto him ,
and said ,
Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them ,
and they that are great exercise authority upon them .
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But it shall not be so among you :
but whosoever will be great among you ,
let him be your minister ;
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And whosoever will be chief among you ,
let him be your servant :
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Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto ,
but to minister ,
and to give his life a ransom for many .
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And as they departed from Jericho ,
a great multitude followed him .
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And ,
behold ,
two blind men sitting by the way side ,
when they heard that Jesus passed by ,
cried out ,
saying ,
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
thou Son of David .
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And the multitude rebuked them ,
because they should hold their peace :
but they cried the more ,
saying ,
Have mercy on us ,
O Lord ,
thou Son of David .
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And Jesus stood still ,
and called them ,
and said ,
What will ye that I shall do unto you ?
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They say unto him ,
Lord ,
that our eyes may be opened .
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So Jesus had compassion on them ,
and touched their eyes :
and immediately their eyes received sight ,
and they followed him .
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem ,
and were come to Bethphage ,
unto the mount of Olives ,
then sent Jesus two disciples ,
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Saying unto them ,
Go into the village over against you ,
and straightway ye shall find an ass tied ,
and a colt with her :
loose them ,
and bring them unto me .
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And if any man say ought unto you ,
ye shall say ,
The Lord hath need of them ;
and straightway he will send them .
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All this was done ,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet ,
saying ,
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Tell ye the daughter of Sion ,
Behold ,
thy King cometh unto thee ,
meek ,
and sitting upon an ass ,
and a colt the foal of an ass .
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And the disciples went ,
and did as Jesus commanded them ,
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And brought the ass ,
and the colt ,
and put on them their clothes ,
and they set him thereon .
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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way ;
others cut down branches from the trees ,
and strawed them in the way .
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And the multitudes that went before ,
and that followed ,
cried ,
saying ,
Hosanna to the Son of David :
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord ;
Hosanna in the highest .
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And when he was come into Jerusalem ,
all the city was moved ,
saying ,
Who is this ?
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And the multitude said ,
This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee .
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And Jesus went into the temple of God ,
and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple ,
and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers ,
and the seats of them that sold doves ,
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And said unto them ,
It is written ,
My house shall be called the house of prayer ;
but ye have made it a den of thieves .
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And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple ;
and he healed them .
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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did ,
and the children crying in the temple ,
and saying ,
Hosanna to the Son of David ;
they were sore displeased ,
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And said unto him ,
Hearest thou what these say ?
And Jesus saith unto them ,
Yea ;
have ye never read ,
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ?
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And he left them ,
and went out of the city into Bethany ;
and he lodged there .
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Now in the morning as he returned into the city ,
he hungered .
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And when he saw a fig tree in the way ,
he came to it ,
and found nothing thereon ,
but leaves only ,
and said unto it ,
Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever .
And presently the fig tree withered away .
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And when the disciples saw it ,
they marvelled ,
saying ,
How soon is the fig tree withered away !
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Jesus answered and said unto them ,
Verily I say unto you ,
If ye have faith ,
and doubt not ,
ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree ,
but also if ye shall say unto this mountain ,
Be thou removed ,
and be thou cast into the sea ;
it shall be done .
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And all things ,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer ,
believing ,
ye shall receive .
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And when he was come into the temple ,
the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching ,
and said ,
By what authority doest thou these things ?
and who gave thee this authority ?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them ,
I also will ask you one thing ,
which if ye tell me ,
I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things .
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The baptism of John ,
whence was it ?
from heaven ,
or of men ?
And they reasoned with themselves ,
saying ,
If we shall say ,
From heaven ;
he will say unto us ,
Why did ye not then believe him ?
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But if we shall say ,
Of men ;
we fear the people ;
for all hold John as a prophet .
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And they answered Jesus ,
and said ,
We cannot tell .
And he said unto them ,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things .
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But what think ye ?
A certain man had two sons ;
and he came to the first ,
and said ,
Son ,
go work to day in my vineyard .
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He answered and said ,
I will not :
but afterward he repented ,
and went .
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And he came to the second ,
and said likewise .
And he answered and said ,
I go ,
sir :
and went not .
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Whether of them twain did the will of his father ?
They say unto him ,
The first .
Jesus saith unto them ,
Verily I say unto you ,
That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you .
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For John came unto you in the way of righteousness ,
and ye believed him not :
but the publicans and the harlots believed him :
and ye ,
when ye had seen it ,
repented not afterward ,
that ye might believe him .
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Hear another parable :
There was a certain householder ,
which planted a vineyard ,
and hedged it round about ,
and digged a winepress in it ,
and built a tower ,
and let it out to husbandmen ,
and went into a far country :
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And when the time of the fruit drew near ,
he sent his servants to the husbandmen ,
that they might receive the fruits of it .
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And the husbandmen took his servants ,
and beat one ,
and killed another ,
and stoned another .
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Again ,
he sent other servants more than the first :
and they did unto them likewise .
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But last of all he sent unto them his son ,
saying ,
They will reverence my son .
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But when the husbandmen saw the son ,
they said among themselves ,
This is the heir ;
come ,
let us kill him ,
and let us seize on his inheritance .
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And they caught him ,
and cast him out of the vineyard ,
and slew him .
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh ,
what will he do unto those husbandmen ?
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They say unto him ,
He will miserably destroy those wicked men ,
and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen ,
which shall render him the fruits in their seasons .
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Jesus saith unto them ,
Did ye never read in the scriptures ,
The stone which the builders rejected ,
the same is become the head of the corner :
this is the Lord '
s doing ,
and it is marvellous in our eyes ?
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Therefore say I unto you ,
The kingdom of God shall be taken from you ,
and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof .
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And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken :
but on whomsoever it shall fall ,
it will grind him to powder .
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables ,
they perceived that he spake of them .
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But when they sought to lay hands on him ,
they feared the multitude ,
because they took him for a prophet .
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables ,
and said ,
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