Matthew 20, side by side

¹“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

¹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

²He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

²And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

³And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

⁴‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

⁴And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

⁵So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

⁵Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

⁶About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

⁶And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

⁷‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

⁷They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

⁸When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

⁸So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

⁹The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

⁹And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

¹⁰So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

¹⁰But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

¹¹On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

¹¹And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

¹²‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

¹²Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

¹³But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

¹³But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

¹⁴Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

¹⁴Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

¹⁵Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

¹⁶So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

¹⁷And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

¹⁸“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

¹⁸Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

¹⁹and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

¹⁹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

²⁰Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

²⁰Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

²¹“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

²¹And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

²²“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

²²But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

²³“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

²³And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

²⁴When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁴And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

²⁵But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

²⁵But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

²⁶It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

²⁶But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

²⁷and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

²⁷And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

²⁸just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁹As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

²⁹And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³⁰And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

³⁰And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

³¹The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

³¹And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

³²Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

³²And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

³³“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”

³³They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

³⁴Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him.

³⁴So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.