[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. [2] When he had agreed with the laborers 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] To them he said, `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 steward, `Call the
laborers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.`
[9] When they 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 will 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 came to him
the mother of the sons of Zebedee 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 ask. 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." [23] He 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." [24] When the ten heard it, they
were moved with indignation concerning the two brothers. [25] But Jesus
called them to him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles
lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. [26]
It shall not be so among you, but whoever would become great among you will
be your servant. [27] Whoever would be first among you will 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.
