Matthew 20:10-20

10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.

11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,

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 ¹the scorching heat.'

13 But he replied to one of them, ²'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take ³what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.

15 ⁴Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ⁵do you begrudge my generosity?'^[a]

16 So ⁶the last will be first, and the first last."

Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

17 ⁷And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

18 "See, ⁸we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will ⁹condemn him to death

19 and ¹⁰deliver him over to the Gentiles ¹¹to be mocked and flogged and ¹²crucified, and he will be raised on ¹³the third day."

A Mother's Request

20 ¹⁴Then ¹⁵the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and ¹⁶kneeling before him she asked him for something.