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¹FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ²He bargained with the laborers for a denarius a day, and sent them to his vineyard. ³And he went out at the 3rd hour, and saw others standing idle in the market place. ⁴And he said to them, You also go to the vineyard, and I will give you what is right. And they went. ⁵And he went out again at the 6th and at the 9th hour, and did the same. ⁶And towards the 11th hour he went out and found others standing idle, and he said to them, Why do you stand idle all day? ⁷They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, You also go to the vineyard, and you will receive what is right. ⁸When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wages; and begin from the last ones to the first. ⁹When those of the 11th hour came, they each received a denarius. ¹⁰But when the first ones came, they expected to receive more; but each one also received a denarius. ¹¹When they received it, they murmured against the householder, ¹²Saying, These last ones have worked only 1 hour, and you have made them equal with us who have borne the weight of the day and its heat. ¹³He answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not doing you an injustice; did you not bargain with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take what is yours and go. I wish to give to this last one the same as you. ¹⁵Do I not have the right to do what I wish with my own? Or are you jealous because I am generous? ¹⁶Even so the last will be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁷Now Jesus was ready to go up to Jerusalem; and he took his 12 disciples apart on the road, and he said to them, ¹⁸Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the high priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. ¹⁹And they will deliver him to the Gentiles and they will mock him, scourge him, crucify him and on the 3rd day he will rise up.

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him, together with her sons; and she worshiped him, and requested something of him. ²¹He said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Command that these 2 sons of mine sit, 1 at your right and 1 at your left, in your kingdom. ²²Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am ready to drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized? They said to him, We can. ²³He said to them, Indeed you will drink my cup, and the baptism with which I am baptized, you will also be baptized with; but to sit at my right and left, that is not mine to give, but is for those for whom it is prepared by my Father. ²⁴When the 10 heard it, they were angry at the 2 brothers.

²⁵And Jesus called them and said, You know that the princes of the people are also their owners; and their officials rule over them. ²⁶Do not let this be so among you. Whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be a minister to you. ²⁷Whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be a servant to you. ²⁸The Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life as a salvation for the sake of many.

²⁹And when Jesus went out of Jericho a large crowd followed him. ³⁰And look, 2 blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried aloud, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David. ³¹But the people rebuked them to keep quiet; but they cried louder, saying, Our Lord, have mercy on us, son of David. ³²And Jesus stopped and called them, and he said, What do you wish me to do for you? ³³They said to him, Our Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴And Jesus had mercy on them, so he touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes were opened, and they followed him.