Matthew 20

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 'Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard.	1 "The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2 He made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day and sent them to his vineyard.	2 After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place	3 Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 and said to them, "You go to my vineyard too and I wil give you a fair wage."	4 and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.'
5 So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same.	5 So they went off. (And) he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and did likewise.
6 Then at about the eleventh hour he went out and found more men standing around, and he said tothem, "Why have you been standing here idle all day?"	6 Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'
7 "Because no one has hired us," they answered. He said to them, "You go into my vineyard too."	7 They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.'
8 In the evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his bailiff, "Call the workers and pay them theirwages, starting with the last arrivals and ending with the first."	8 When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'
9 So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each.	9 When those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual daily wage.
10 When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each.	10 So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage.
11 They took it, but grumbled at the landowner saying,	11 And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner,
12 "The men who came last have done only one hour, and you have treated them the same as us,though we have done a heavy day's work in al the heat."	12 saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.'
13 He answered one of them and said, "My friend, I am not being unjust to you; did we not agree on onedenarius?	13 He said to one of them in reply, 'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
14 Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the lastcomer as much as I pay you.	14 Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you?
15 Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?"	15 (Or) am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?'
16 Thus the last wil be first, and the first, last.'	16 Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last."
17 Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the road he took the Twelve aside by themselves and saidto them,	17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve (disciples) aside by themselves, and said to them on the way,
18 'Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man is about to be handed over to the chiefpriests and scribes. They wil condemn him to death	18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
19 and will hand him over to the gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third dayhe wil be raised up again.'	19 and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came with her sons to make a request of him, and bowed low;	20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
21 and he said to her, 'What is it you want?' She said to him, 'Promise that these two sons of mine maysit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your kingdom.'	21 He said to her, "What do you wish?" She answered him, "Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom."
22 Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going todrink?' They replied, 'We can.'	22 Jesus said in reply, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."
23 He said to them, 'Very wel ; you shal drink my cup, but as for seats at my right hand and my left,these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been al otted by my Father.'	23 He replied, "My cup you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left (, this) is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
24 When the other ten heard this they were indignant with the two brothers.	24 When the ten heard this, they became indignant at the two brothers.
25 But Jesus cal ed them to him and said, 'You know that among the gentiles the rulers lord it over them,and great men make their authority felt.	25 But Jesus summoned them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
26 Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be yourservant,	26 But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
27 and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,	27 whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
28 just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'	28 Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."
29 As they left Jericho a large crowd fol owed him.	29 As they left Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
30 And now there were two blind men sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that it was Jesuswho was passing by, they shouted, 'Lord! Have pity on us, son of David.'	30 Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "[Lord,] Son of David, have pity on us!"
31 And the crowd scolded them and told them to keep quiet, but they only shouted the louder, 'Lord!Have pity on us, son of David.'	31 The crowd warned them to be silent, but they called out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"
32 Jesus stopped, cal ed them over and said, 'What do you want me to do for you?'	32 Jesus stopped and called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"
33 They said to him, 'Lord, let us have our sight back.'	33 They answered him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."
34 Jesus felt pity for them and touched their eyes, and at once their sight returned and they fol owedhim.	34 Moved with pity, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight, and followed him.