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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 20 Anderson's New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Anderson</a> > Matthew 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/19.htm" title="Matthew 19">◄</a> Matthew 20 <a href="../matthew/21.htm" title="Matthew 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Anderson's New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/20-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Workers<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the market, idle; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and he said to them: Go you also into my vine yard, and whatever is right I will give you. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And they went. Again he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and did in like manner. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle? <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They said to him: No man has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.<CM><p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the house, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>saying: These last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the heat. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he answered and said to one of them: Friend, I do you no in justice; did you not agree with me for a denarius? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Take what is yours, and go; I will give to this last even as to you. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Is it not allowed me to do what I will with my own? Or, is your eye envious, because I am good? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.<CM><p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Third Prediction of the Passion<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/10.htm#32">Mark 10:32–34</a>; <a href ="../luke/18.htm#31">Luke 18:31–34</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside on his journey, and said to them: <A name="19"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and will deliver him to the Gentiles to deride, and to scourge, and to crucify: and on the third day he shall rise again.<CM><p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">A Mother’s Request<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/10.htm#35">Mark 10:35–45</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down, and asking something of him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He said to her: What do you wish? She said to him: Command that these two sons of mine may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Jesus answered and said: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and to be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed? They said to him: We are able. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.<CM><p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And when the ten heard it, their anger was aroused against the two brothers. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the rulers of the Gentiles act as lords over them, and their great men have authority over them. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>It shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant; <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.<CM><p> <A name="30"></a><p class="hdg">The Blind Men by the Road<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/10.htm#46">Mark 10:46–52</a>; <a href ="../luke/18.htm#35">Luke 18:35–43</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the multitude charged them to be silent. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: What do you wish me to do for you? <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They said to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and their eyes immediately received sight, and they followed him.<CM><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Anderson's New Testament (1865)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>