Matthew 20:2-24

2After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.'

5So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'

7They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

8And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'

9And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.

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

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

12saying, 'These last 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 replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

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

15Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'

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

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

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

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

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

21And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

22Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

23He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

24And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.