65 lines
3.8 KiB
Markdown
65 lines
3.8 KiB
Markdown
The
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Parable of the Vineyard Workers
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# 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. *
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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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The Third Prediction of His Death
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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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Suffering and Service
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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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Two Blind Men Healed
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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.
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