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Matthew 20:11-18
English Standard Version
Matthew 20:11-18
English Standard Version
11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and (A)the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, (B)‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take (C)what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 (D)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or (E)do you begrudge my generosity?’[a] 16 So (F)the last will be first, and the first last.”
Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time
17 (G)And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 “See, (H)we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will (I)condemn him to death
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- Matthew 20:15 Or is your eye bad because I am good?
Matthew 20:11-18
New International Version
Matthew 20:11-18
New International Version
11 When they received it, they began to grumble(A) 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(B) of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend.(C) 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?’(D)
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”(E)
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time(F)
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,(G) and the Son of Man(H) will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.(I) They will condemn him to death
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