Matthew 20:10-20

10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?
14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.
15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,
18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”

A Mother’s Request

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

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Cross References 14

  • 1. John 4:1
  • 2. John 4:8; Luke 12:55; James 1:11
  • 3. Matthew 22:12; Matthew 26:50
  • 4. Deuteronomy 15:9; Mark 7:22
  • 5. S Matthew 19:30
  • 6. S Luke 9:51
  • 7. S Matthew 8:20
  • 8. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 27:1,2
  • 9. S Matthew 16:21
  • 10. S Acts 2:23
  • 11. S Matthew 16:21
  • 12. S Matthew 16:21
  • 13. S Matthew 4:21
  • 14. S Matthew 8:2
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