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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 20 WEB</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="../">WEB</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 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">World English Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/kjv/heb/matthew/20.shtml"> [Par] </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Vineyard Workers</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’ </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.” </p> <a name="17" id="17"></a><p class="hdg">Third Prediction of Death, Resurrection<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/10.htm#32">Mark 10:32-34</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.” </p> <a name="20" id="20"></a><p class="hdg">A Mother's Request<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/10.htm#35">Mark 10:35-45</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” </p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">Two Blind Men Receive Sight<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/10.htm#46">Mark 10:46-52</a>; <a href="../luke/18.htm#35">Luke 18:35-43</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. 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