Matthew 20:2-24

2When he had agreed with the laborers for a 1denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3And he went out about the 2third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4and to those he said, ‘You go into the vineyard also, and whatever is right, I will give you.’ And so they went. 5Again he went out about the 3sixth and the ninth hour, and did 4the same thing. 6And about the 5eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ 7They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

8“Now when 6evening came, the 7owner of the vineyard said to his 8foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.’ 9When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a 9denarius. 10And so when those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; 10but each of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner, 12saying, ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day’s work and the 11scorching heat.’ 13But he answered and said to one of them, ‘12Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14Take what is yours and go; but I want to give to this last person the same as to you. 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your 13eye 14envious because I am 15generous?’ 16So 16the last shall be first, and the first, last.”

1717As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the road He said to them, 18“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man 18will be 19handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, 19and they 20will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and flog and crucify, and on 21the third day He will be raised up.”

2022Then the mother of 23the 24sons of Zebedee came to 25Jesus with her sons, 26bowing down and making a request of Him. 21And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She said to Him, “Say that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine 27shall sit, one at Your right, and one at Your left.” 22But Jesus replied, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able 28to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to Him, “We are able.” 23He said to them, “29My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, 30but it is for those for whom it has been 31prepared by My Father.”

24And after hearing this, the other ten disciples became indignant with the two brothers.