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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 Catholic Public Domain Version</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="../">CPDV</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">Catholic Public Domain Version</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>“The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per 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 going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he said to them, ‘You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.’ <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have you stood here idle all day?’ <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also may go into my vineyard.’<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And when evening had arrived, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last, even to the first.’ <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And so, when those who had arrived about the eleventh hour came forward, each received a single denarius. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then when the first ones also came forward, they considered that they would receive more. But they, too, received one denarius. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>saying, ‘These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.’ <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But responding to one of them, he said: ‘Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one 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. But it is my will to give to this last, just as to you. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?’ <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”<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 Jesus, ascending to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside in private 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>“Behold, we are ascending to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be handed over to the leaders of the priests and to the scribes. And they shall condemn him to death. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And they shall hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified. And on the third day, he shall rise again.”<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 the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him, with her sons, adoring him, and petitioning something from him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these, my two sons, may sit, one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But Jesus, responding, said: “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the chalice, from which I will drink?” 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>He said to them: “From my chalice, indeed, you shall drink. But to sit at my right or my left is not mine to give to you, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the ten, upon hearing this, became indignant with 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 himself and said: “You know that the first ones among the Gentiles are their rulers, and that those who are greater exercise power among them. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater 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 want to be first among you, he shall 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 has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”<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 were departing from Jericho, a great crowd 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 way, heard that Jesus was passing by; and they cried out, saying, “Lord, Son of David, take pity on us.” <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But the crowd rebuked them to be quiet. But they cried out all the more, saying, “Lord, Son of David, take pity on us.” <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Jesus stood still, and he called them and said, “What do you want, that I might 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 be opened.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Jesus, taking pity on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and they followed him.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><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>