CINXE.COM

<!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 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/matthew/20.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Workers in the Vineyard</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="red">“The kingdom from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:1 Lit. of">a</a></span> heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:2 The denarius was the usual day’s wage for a laborer.">b</a></span> a day, he sent them into his vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When he went out about nine o’clock,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:3 Lit. the third hour">c</a></span> he saw others standing in the marketplace without work. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So off they went. He went out again about noon<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:5 Lit. the sixth hour">d</a></span> and about three o’clock<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:5 Lit. the ninth hour">e</a></span> and did the same thing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>About five o’clock<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:6 Lit. the eleventh hour">f</a></span> he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why are you standing here all day long without work?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They told him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard as well.’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:8 Lit. and up to">g</a></span> the first.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Those who were hired at five o’clock<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:9 Lit. the eleventh hour">h</a></span> came, and each received a denarius.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">“When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we’ve been working all day,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:12 Lit. we’ve endured the burden of the day">i</a></span> enduring the scorching heat!’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">“But he told one of them, ‘Friend, I’m not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn’t you? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:14 Lit. to this last man as also to you">j</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I am allowed to do what I want with my own money,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:15 Lit. things">k</a></span> am I not? Or are you envious<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:15 Lit. Or is your eye evil">l</a></span> because I’m generous?’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">“In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:16 Other mss. lack For many are called, but few are chosen">m</a></span> </span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection a Third Time</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/10.htm">Mark 10:32-34</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/18.htm">Luke 18:31-34</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:17 Other mss. lack disciples">n</a></span> aside and told them as they were walking along, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">“See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then they will hand him over to unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:19 Lit. to the gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">o</a></span> to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Request of James and John</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/10.htm">Mark 10:35-45</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:20 Lit. him">p</a></span> with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He asked her, <span class="red">“What do you want?”</span></p> <p class="reg">She told him, “Promise<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:21 Lit. Say">q</a></span> that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“You don’t realize what you’re asking. Can you drink from the cup that I’m going to drink from?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:22 Other mss. read to drink from, or be baptized with the baptism with which I’m going to be baptized?">r</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg">They told him, “We can.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He told them, <span class="red">“You will indeed drink from my cup. But it’s not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Jesus called the disciples<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title=" 20:25 Lit. them">s</a></span> and said, <span class="red">“You know that the rulers of the unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:25 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">t</a></span> lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>That’s not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>That’s the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Heals Two Blind Men</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/10.htm">Mark 10:46-52</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/18.htm">Luke 18:35-43</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Jesus.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:29 Lit. him">u</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, “Have mercy on us, Lord,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:30 Other mss. read Jesus">v</a></span> Son of David!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>When the crowd told them harshly to be silent, they shouted even louder, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Jesus stopped and called them, saying, <span class="red">“What do you want me to do for you?”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They told him, “Lord, we want to be able to see!”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="20:33 Lit. Lord, that our eyes be opened">w</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Jesus, deeply moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and at once they could see again. So they followed him.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 20:1 Lit. <i>of</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 20:2 The denarius was the usual day’s wage for a laborer.<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 20:3 Lit. <i>the third hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 20:5 Lit. <i>the sixth hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 20:5 Lit. <i>the ninth hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 20:6 Lit. <i>the eleventh hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 20:8 Lit. <i>and up to</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 20:9 Lit. <i>the eleventh hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 20:12 Lit. <i>we’ve endured the burden of the day</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 20:14 Lit. <i>to this last man as also to you</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 20:15 Lit. <i>things</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 20:15 Lit. <i>Or is your eye evil</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 20:16 Other mss. lack <i>For many are called, but few are chosen</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 20:17 Other mss. lack <i>disciples</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 20:19 Lit. <i>to the gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 20:20 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 20:21 Lit. <i>Say</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 20:22 Other mss. read <i>to drink from, or be baptized with the baptism with which I’m going to be baptized?</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 20:25 Lit. <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 20:25 Lit. <i>gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 20:29 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 20:30 Other mss. read <i>Jesus</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 20:33 Lit. <i>Lord, that our eyes be opened</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/matthew/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>