Chapter 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 labourers for his vineyard.
2 When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day , he sent them into his vineyard.
3 He went out about the third hour , and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4 He said to them , ‘ You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you .’ So they went their way .
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour , and 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?’
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 .’
8 " When evening had come , the lord of the vineyard said to his manager , ‘ Call the labourers and pay them their wages , beginning from the last to the first .’
9 " When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came , they each received a denarius .
10 When the first came , they supposed that they would receive more ; and they likewise each received a denarius .
11 When they received it , they murmured against the master of the household ,
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 !’
13 " But he answered one of them , ‘ Friend , I am doing you no wrong. Didn’ t you 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 .
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 ?’
16 So the last will be first , and the first last . For many are called , but few are chosen."
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem , he took the twelve disciples aside , and on the way he 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 ,
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 ."
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons , kneeling and asking a certain thing 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."
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 baptised with the baptism that I am baptised with ?" They said to him , " We are able ."
23 He said to them , " You will indeed drink my cup , and be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised 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 ."
24 When the ten heard it , they were indignant with 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 .
26 It shall not be so amongst you ; but whoever desires to become great amongst you shall be your servant .
27 Whoever desires to be first amongst you shall be your bondservant,
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 ."
29 As they went out from Jericho , a great multitude 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 !"
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 !"
32 Jesus stood still and called them , and asked , " What do you want me to do for you ?"
33 They told 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 .