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¹ For the kingdom of heaven is like an housholder, who went out early in the morning, to hire labourers into his vineyard.² And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.³ And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place.⁴ And said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, I will give you. And they went.⁵ Again going out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.⁶ And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing idle and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?⁷ They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right ye shall receive.⁸ And in the evening the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.⁹ And when they came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every one a penny.¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every one a penny.¹¹ And having received it, they murmured against the housholder, saying,¹² These last have wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.¹³ And he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong.¹⁴ Didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take what is thine, and go: it is my will, to give to this last, even as to thee?¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me, to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

¹⁷ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said to them,¹⁸ Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,¹⁹ And shall deliver him to the Gentiles, to mock and scourge and crucify him; and the third day he shall rise again.

²⁰ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping him and desiring a certain thing of him.²¹ And he said to her, What wilt thou? She saith to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right-hand, and the other on thy left in thy kingdom.²² But Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink of, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say to him, We are able.²³ And he saith to them, Ye shall indeed drink 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, save to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.²⁴ And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.²⁵ But Jesus calling them to him said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.²⁶ It shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever desireth to be chief among you, let him be your servant:²⁷ Even as the Son of man came not to be served,²⁸ but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁹ And as they were going from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.³⁰ And behold two blind men sitting by the way-side, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.³¹ And the multitude charged them to hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.³² And Jesus standing still called them and said, What do ye desire that I should do to you?³³ They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.³⁴ So Jesus moved with tender compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.