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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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="../">SLT</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">Smith's Literal Translation</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 the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he says to them, Retire ye also into the vineyard, and whatever should be just I will give you: and they departed. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why stand ye here idle the whole day? <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They say to him, That none has hired us. He says to them, Retire also to the vineyard; and whatever be just, ye shall receive.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen, and give back to them the 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 they of the eleventh hour having come, thereupon received a drachma. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the first, having come, thought that they will receive more; and they also received thereupon a drachma. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And having received, 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, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he, having answered, said to one of them, Friend, I injure thee not; didst not thou agree with me for a drachma? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Take thine and retire: and I will to give to this last, as also to thee. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my things? Or is thine eye evil because I am good. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few 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, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and he 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 go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and 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 deliver him to the nations to mock, and scourge, and crucify: and he shall be raised the third day.<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, worshipping, and asking something of 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 wilt thou? She says to him, Say that these my two sons might sit, the one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Jesus having answered, said, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion which I am immersed? They say to him, We can. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he says to them, Truly my cup shall ye drink, and with the immersion which I am immersed shall ye be immersed; but to sit on my right, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those it was prepared for 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 having heard, felt pain about the two brethren. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Jesus, having called them, said, Ye know that the rulers rule over their nations, and the great exercise authority over them. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And whoever would 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>As the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul a ransom 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 they going out 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 sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus passes by, cried out, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the crowd censured them that they should be silent: but they cried the more, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Jesus having stood, called them, and said, What will ye I shall do to you? <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They say to him, Lord, that our eyes might be opened. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Jesus, having felt compassion, touched their eyes: and quickly their eyes looked up, and they followed him.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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