1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
5So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. 15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’[ † ]Romans 9:20-21Deuteronomy 15:9Proverbs 23:6Matthew 6:23Mark 7:22
16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”[ † ]Matthew 19:30Mark 10:31Luke 13:30Matthew 22:14
17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,[ † ]Matthew 20:17-19Mark 10:32-34Luke 18:31-33John 12:12 18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death[ † ]Matthew 16:21Matthew 26:47-57Mark 14:42-64John 18:5John 19:7 19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”[ † ]Matthew 27:2Mark 15:1-16Luke 23:1John 18:28Acts 3:13Matthew 26:67-68Matthew 27:29-41Mark 15:20-31Matthew 27:26Mark 15:15John 19:1Matthew 27:35Luke 23:33Acts 3:13-15Matthew 28:5-6Mark 16:6-9Luke 24:5-8, 46Acts 10:401 Corinthians 15:4
20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.[ † ]Mark 10:35-45Matthew 4:21Matthew 10:2
21“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”[ † ]Matthew 19:28
22“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.[ † ]Isaiah 51:17-22Jeremiah 49:12Matthew 26:39-42Mark 14:36Luke 22:42John 18:11Luke 12:50
23“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”[ † ]Acts 12:2Romans 8:172 Corinthians 1:7Revelation 1:9
24When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.[ † ]Mark 10:41Luke 22:24-25 25But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. 26It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,[ † ]1 Peter 5:3Matthew 23:11Mark 9:35Mark 10:43Luke 22:26 27and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—[ † ]Matthew 18:4 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”[ † ]John 13:4Matthew 26:28John 13:132 Corinthians 8:9Philippians 2:6-71 Timothy 2:5-6Titus 2:14Hebrews 9:28Revelation 1:5Luke 22:27John 13:14Isaiah 53:10-11Daniel 9:24-26John 11:51-521 Peter 1:18-19Romans 5:15-19
29As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.[ † ]Mark 10:46-52Luke 18:35-43 30And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”[ † ]Matthew 9:272 Samuel 7:14-17Psalms 89:3-5, 19-37Isaiah 11:10-12Ezekiel 37:21-25Matthew 1:1Luke 1:31-32Acts 15:14-17
31The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”[ † ]Matthew 19:13
32Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.
33“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”
34Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.[ † ]Matthew 9:36Matthew 14:14Matthew 15:32Matthew 18:27