Mat 20:2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;

Mat 20:4 and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. 'And so they went.

Mat 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

Mat 20:6 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?'

Mat 20:7 They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

Mat 20:8 "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.'

Mat 20:9 When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.

Mat 20:10 When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

Mat 20:11 When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,

Mat 20:12 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.'

Mat 20:13 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?

Mat 20:14 Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

Mat 20:15 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?'

Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last."

Mat 20:17 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,

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,

Mat 20:19 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."

Mat 20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

Mat 20:21 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."

Mat 20:22 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."

Mat 20:23 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."

Mat 20:24 And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.

Mat 20:25 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.

Mat 20:26 It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

Mat 20:27 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

Mat 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Mat 20:29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

Mat 20:30 And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Mat 20:31 The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

Mat 20:32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, "What do you want Me to do for you?"

Mat 20:33 They said to Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to be opened."

Mat 20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

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Mat 21:1 When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Mat 21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

Mat 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."

Mat 21:4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

Mat 21:5 "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold your King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'"

Mat 21:6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

Mat 21:7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

Mat 21:8 Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

Mat 21:9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"

Mat 21:10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"

Mat 21:11 And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."

Mat 21:12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

Mat 21:13 And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer'; but you are making it a robbers' den."

Mat 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

Mat 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

Mat 21:16 and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself'?"

Mat 21:17 And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Mat 21:18 Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

Mat 21:19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.

Mat 21:20 Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?"

Mat 21:21 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

Mat 21:22 And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

Mat 21:23 When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"

Mat 21:24 Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mat 21:25 The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?" And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

Mat 21:26 But if we say, 'From men, 'we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet."

Mat 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mat 21:28 "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

Mat 21:29 And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went.

Mat 21:30 The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go.

Mat 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

Mat 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

Mat 21:33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Mat 21:34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

Mat 21:35 The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

Mat 21:36 Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

Mat 21:37 But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Mat 21:38 But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

Mat 21:39 They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Mat 21:40 Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?"

Mat 21:41 They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons."

Mat 21:42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Mat 21:43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

Mat 21:44 And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

Mat 21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

Mat 21:46 When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

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