1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 He went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did likewise.
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’
7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
8 When evening had come, the master of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
9 When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they likewise each received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they complained to the master of the household, 12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the work and the scorching heat!’
13 But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me on a denarius? 14 Take that which is yours and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last one just as much as to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye envious, because I am generous?’
16 So the last will be first and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Third Prediction of Death, Resurrection
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 “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 mock, to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will be raised up.”
A Mother’s Request
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 21 He said to her, “What do you want?”
She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
22 But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
They said to him, “We are able.”
23 He said to them, “You will 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 hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 But Jesus summoned them and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It must not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant. 27 Whoever desires to be first among you must be your bondservant, 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.”
Two Blind Men Receive Sight
29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 Two blind men were sitting by the road, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, son of David!” 31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, son of David!”
32 Jesus stood still and called to them and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 They told him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.