Matthew 20

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 'Now the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner going out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard.	1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning 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 the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Going out at about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place	3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place;
4 and said to them, "You go to my vineyard too and I wil give you a fair wage."	4 and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went.
5 So they went. At about the sixth hour and again at about the ninth hour, he went out and did the same.	5 Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.
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 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he 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 said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'
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 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'
9 So those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came forward and received one denarius each.	9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
10 When the first came, they expected to get more, but they too received one denarius each.	10 Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
11 They took it, but grumbled at the landowner saying,	11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,
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 worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching 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 But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take your earnings and go. I choose to pay the lastcomer as much as I pay you.	14 Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you.
15 Have I no right to do what I like with my own? Why should you be envious because I am generous?"	15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'
16 Thus the last wil be first, and the first, last.'	16 So the last will be first, and the first last."
17 Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, and on the road he took the Twelve aside by themselves and saidto them,	17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
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 delivered to the chief priests and 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 deliver him 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 came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked 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 And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one 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 But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
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 said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it 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 And when the ten heard it, they were 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 called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
26 Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be yourservant,	26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
27 and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,	27 and whoever would be first among you must 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 even as the Son of man came not 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 And as they went out of 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 And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"
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 rebuked them, telling them to be silent; but they cried out the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"
32 Jesus stopped, cal ed them over and said, 'What do you want me to do for you?'	32 And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you?"
33 They said to him, 'Lord, let us have our sight back.'	33 They said to 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 And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they received their sight and followed him.