1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2And when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’
5So they went. Again, going out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.
6And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’
7They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’
8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going to the first.’
9And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10When the first ones came, they thought they would receive more; but they also received a denarius each.
11And when they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner,
12saying, ‘These last ones have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unjustly. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
14Take what is yours and go. I wish to give to this last one the same as to you.
15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
16So the last will be first, and the first last.”
17And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately, and on the way he said to them,
18“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
19and they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”
20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, bowing down and asking something from him.
21And 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.”
22But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
24And when the ten heard this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25But Jesus called them to himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26It shall not be so among you. But whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant,
27and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave;
28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
29And as they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
30And behold, 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!”
31The crowd rebuked them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, saying, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!’
32And Jesus stopped, called them, and said, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’
33They said to him, ‘Lord, that our eyes may be opened.’
34So Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed him.
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