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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 laborers for his vineyard.

2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denariusa day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3He went out about the third hour,and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

4He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,and did likewise.

6About the eleventh hourhe 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 laborers 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.

10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

12saying, ‘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?

14Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

17As 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,

19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

21He 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.”

22But 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 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”They said to him, “We are able.”

23He 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 hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

24When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25But 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.

26It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.

27Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

29As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30Behold, 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!”

31The 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!”

32Jesus stood still and called them, and asked,“What do you want me to do for you?”

33They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

34Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

1'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

2and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

4and to these he said, Go ye — also ye — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;

5and they went away. 'Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

6And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

7they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye — ye also — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

8'And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last — unto the first.

9And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

10'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

11and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

12that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

13'And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

14take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

16So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

18'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

19and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'

20Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

21and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit — these my two sons — one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

22And Jesus answering said, 'Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, 'We are able.'

23And he saith to them, 'Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

24And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

25and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

26but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

27and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

28even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

29And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,

30and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.'

31And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, 'Deal kindly with us sir — Son of David.'

32And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, 'What will ye [that] I may do to you?'

33they say to him, 'Sir, that our eyes may be opened;'

34and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.