Matteo 20
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Parabola degli operai mandati nella vigna
20 «Il regno dei cieli è simile a un padrone di casa che uscì all'alba per prendere a giornata lavoratori per la sua vigna. 2 Accordatosi con loro per un denaro al giorno, li mandò nella sua vigna. 3 Uscito poi verso le nove del mattino, ne vide altri che stavano sulla piazza disoccupati 4 e disse loro: Andate anche voi nella mia vigna; quello che è giusto ve lo darò. Ed essi andarono. 5 Uscì di nuovo verso mezzogiorno e verso le tre e fece altrettanto. 6 Uscito ancora verso le cinque, ne vide altri che se ne stavano là e disse loro: Perché ve ne state qui tutto il giorno oziosi? 7 Gli risposero: Perché nessuno ci ha presi a giornata. Ed egli disse loro: Andate anche voi nella mia vigna.
8 Quando fu sera, il padrone della vigna disse al suo fattore: Chiama gli operai e dà loro la paga, incominciando dagli ultimi fino ai primi. 9 Venuti quelli delle cinque del pomeriggio, ricevettero ciascuno un denaro. 10 Quando arrivarono i primi, pensavano che avrebbero ricevuto di più. Ma anch'essi ricevettero un denaro per ciascuno. 11 Nel ritirarlo però, mormoravano contro il padrone dicendo: 12 Questi ultimi hanno lavorato un'ora soltanto e li hai trattati come noi, che abbiamo sopportato il peso della giornata e il caldo. 13 Ma il padrone, rispondendo a uno di loro, disse: Amico, io non ti faccio torto. Non hai forse convenuto con me per un denaro? 14 Prendi il tuo e vattene; ma io voglio dare anche a quest'ultimo quanto a te. 15 Non posso fare delle mie cose quello che voglio? Oppure tu sei invidioso perché io sono buono? 16 Così gli ultimi saranno primi, e i primi ultimi».
Terzo annunzio della passione
17 Mentre saliva a Gerusalemme, Gesù prese in disparte i dodici e lungo la via disse loro: 18 «Ecco, noi stiamo salendo a Gerusalemme e il Figlio dell'uomo sarà consegnato ai sommi sacerdoti e agli scribi, che lo condanneranno a morte 19 e lo consegneranno ai pagani perché sia schernito e flagellato e crocifisso; ma il terzo giorno risusciterà».
Domanda della madre dei figli di Zebedeo
20 Allora gli si avvicinò la madre dei figli di Zebedèo con i suoi figli, e si prostrò per chiedergli qualcosa. 21 Egli le disse: «Che cosa vuoi?». Gli rispose: «Dì che questi miei figli siedano uno alla tua destra e uno alla tua sinistra nel tuo regno». 22 Rispose Gesù: «Voi non sapete quello che chiedete. Potete bere il calice che io sto per bere?». Gli dicono: «Lo possiamo». 23 Ed egli soggiunse: «Il mio calice lo berrete; però non sta a me concedere che vi sediate alla mia destra o alla mia sinistra, ma è per coloro per i quali è stato preparato dal Padre mio».
I capi devono servire
24 Gli altri dieci, udito questo, si sdegnarono con i due fratelli; 25 ma Gesù, chiamatili a sé, disse: «I capi delle nazioni, voi lo sapete, dominano su di esse e i grandi esercitano su di esse il potere. 26 Non così dovrà essere tra voi; ma colui che vorrà diventare grande tra voi, si farà vostro servo, 27 e colui che vorrà essere il primo tra voi, si farà vostro schiavo; 28 appunto come il Figlio dell'uomo, che non è venuto per essere servito, ma per servire e dare la sua vita in riscatto per molti».
I due ciechi di Gerico
29 Mentre uscivano da Gerico, una gran folla seguiva Gesù. 30 Ed ecco che due ciechi, seduti lungo la strada, sentendo che passava, si misero a gridare: «Signore, abbi pietà di noi, figlio di Davide!». 31 La folla li sgridava perché tacessero; ma essi gridavano ancora più forte: «Signore, figlio di Davide, abbi pietà di noi!». 32 Gesù, fermatosi, li chiamò e disse: «Che volete che io vi faccia?». 33 Gli risposero: «Signore, che i nostri occhi si aprano!». 34 Gesù si commosse, toccò loro gli occhi e subito ricuperarono la vista e lo seguirono.
Matthew 20
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Parable of the Vineyard Workers
20 ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.(A) 2 After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[a] he sent them into his vineyard for the day. 3 When he went out at about nine in the morning,[b] he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He said to them, “You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.” So off they went. 5 At about noon and about three,[c] he went out again and did the same thing. 6 Then at about five[d] he went and found others standing around[e] and said to them, “Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ”
7 ‘ “Because no one hired us,” they said to him.
‘ “You also go into my vineyard,” he told them.[f] 8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, “Call the workers and give them their pay,(B) starting with the last and ending with the first.”
9 ‘When those who were hired at about five came, they each received one denarius. 10 So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each. 11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner: 12 “These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day’s work and the burning heat.”(C)
13 ‘He replied to one of them, “Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?(D) 14 Take what’s yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. 15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous[g] because I’m generous? ”[h](E)
16 ‘So the last will be first, and the first last.’[i](F)
The Third Prediction of His Death
17 While going up to Jerusalem,(G) Jesus took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them on the way, 18 ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.(H) 19 They will hand him over to the Gentiles(I) to be mocked, flogged,[j] and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.’[k]
Suffering and Service
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached him with her sons.(J) She knelt down to ask him for something.(K) 21 ‘What do you want? ’ he asked her.
‘Promise,’[l] she said to him, ‘that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.’(L)
22 Jesus answered, ‘You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? ’[m](M)
‘We are able,’ they said to him.
23 He told them, ‘You will indeed drink my cup,[n] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’(N)
24 When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers. 25 Jesus called them over and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. 26 It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,(O) 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,(P) and to give his life as a ransom for many.’(Q)
Two Blind Men Healed
29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.(R) 30 There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ’ 31 The crowd demanded that they keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, ‘Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ’(S)
32 Jesus stopped, called them, and said, ‘What do you want me to do for you? ’
33 ‘Lord,’ they said to him, ‘open our eyes.’ 34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him.
Footnotes
- 20:2 A denarius = one day’s wage, also in vv. 9,10,13
- 20:3 Lit about the third hour
- 20:5 Lit about the sixth hour and the ninth hour
- 20:6 Lit about the eleventh hour, also in v. 9
- 20:6 Other mss add doing nothing
- 20:7 Other mss add “and you’ll get whatever is right.”
- 20:15 Lit Is your eye evil; an idiom for jealousy or stinginess
- 20:15 Lit good
- 20:16 Other mss add ‘For many are called, but few are chosen.’
- 20:19 Or scourged
- 20:19 Other mss read will rise again
- 20:21 Lit Say
- 20:22 Other mss add and (or) to be baptised with the baptism which I am baptised? ’
- 20:23 Other mss add and be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised.
Matthew 20
King James Version
20 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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