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| | Mat 20:1 | "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
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| | Mat 20:2 | After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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| | Mat 20:3 | And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place;
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| | Mat 20:4 | and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went.
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| | Mat 20:5 | Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.
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| | Mat 20:6 | And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'
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| | Mat 20:7 | They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'
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| | Mat 20:8 | And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'
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| | Mat 20:9 | And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
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| | Mat 20:10 | Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
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| | Mat 20:11 | And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,
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| | Mat 20:12 | saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
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| | Mat 20:13 | But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
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| | Mat 20:14 | Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you.
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| | Mat 20:15 | Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'
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| | Mat 20:16 | So the last will be first, and the first last."
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| | Mat 20:17 | And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
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| | Mat 20:18 | "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,
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| | Mat 20:19 | and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
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| | Mat 20:20 | Then the mother of the sons of Zeb'edee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.
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| | Mat 20:21 | And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."
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| | Mat 20:22 | But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
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| | Mat 20:23 | He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
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| | Mat 20:24 | And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.
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| | Mat 20:25 | But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
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| | Mat 20:26 | It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
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| | Mat 20:27 | and whoever would be first among you must be your slave;
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| | Mat 20:28 | even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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| | Mat 20:29 | And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
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| | Mat 20:30 | And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
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| | Mat 20:31 | The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
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| | Mat 20:32 | And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?"
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| | Mat 20:33 | They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."
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| | Mat 20:34 | And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed him.
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