38 lines
3.7 KiB
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38 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 20
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1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
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2 After agreeing with the workers on one denarius, he sent them into his vineyard for the day.
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3 When he went out about nine in the morning, he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
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4 He said to them, ‘You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.
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5 About noon and about three, he went out again and did the same thing.
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6 Then about five he went and found others standing around and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’
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7 “‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him.
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“‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he told them.
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8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’
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9 “When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.
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10 So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.
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11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:
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12 ‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day’s work and the burning heat.’
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13 “He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?
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14 Take what’s yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
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15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
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16 “So the last will be first, and the first last.”
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17 While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them on the way,
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18 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.
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19 They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged, and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”
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20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.
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21 “What do you want?” he asked her.
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“Promise,” she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”
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22 Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”
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“We are able,” they said to him.
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23 He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
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24 When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.
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25 Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.
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26 It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
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27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;
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28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
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30 There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
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31 The crowd demanded that they keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
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32 Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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33 “Lord,” they said to him, “open our eyes.”
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34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him. |