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Laborers in the Vineyard
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
The Parable of the Vineyard Workers
For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
“When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
“And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;
And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;
and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went.
and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way.
“Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.
Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.
“And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’
But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
“They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’
They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive].
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.’
But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.
“When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.
And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.
“When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.
“When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,
And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
“But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
‘Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:
‘Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good?
“So the last shall be first, and the first last.”
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
Death, Resurrection Foretold
As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,
Third Prediction of Death, Resurrection
And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with [him] apart in the way, and said to them,
And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with [him] apart in the way, and said to them,
“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,
Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;
and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.”
and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again.
Preferment Asked
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.
A Mother's Request
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”
And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak [the word] that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom.
But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to Him, “We are able.”
And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which *I* am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.
He said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”
[And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.
And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.
And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about the two brothers.
But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.
“It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,
It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;
and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Sight for the Blind
As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
Two Blind Men Receive Sight
And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him.
And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him.
And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”
And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.
The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.
And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?
They said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.”
They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.