Matthew Chapter 20
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And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him.
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And Peter answered, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
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While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
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And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
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And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
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And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.
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And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.
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And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
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And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
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but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.
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Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
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And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling to him, and saying,
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Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.
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And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
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And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
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And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour.
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Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
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And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
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Many authorities, some ancient, insert v. 21.
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But this kind goeth not out save by prayer and fasting.
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See Mrk 9:29.
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And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men;
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and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they were exceeding sorry.
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And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?
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He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive toll or tribute? from their sons, or from strangers?
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And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are free.
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But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
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In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
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And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
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and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:
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but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and
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that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
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And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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And having gone out about [the] third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;
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and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way.
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Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.
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But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard [and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive].
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But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.
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And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.
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And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.
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And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
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saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
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But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
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Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:
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is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
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Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
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And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with [him] apart in the way, and said to them,
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Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;
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and they will deliver him up to the nations to mock and to scourge and to crucify, and the third day he shall rise again.
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Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
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And he said to her, What wilt thou? She says to him, Speak [the word] that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left in thy kingdom.
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And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.
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[And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.
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And the ten, having heard [of it], were indignant about the two brothers.
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But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.
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It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
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and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
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as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him.
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And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.
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But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.
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And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?
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They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
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And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Simile est regnum cælorum homini patrifamilias, qui exiit primo mane conducere operarios in vineam suam.
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Conventione autem facta cum operariis ex denario diurno, misit eos in vineam suam.
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Et egressus circa horam tertiam, vidit alios stantes in foro otiosos,
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et dixit illis: Ite et vos in vineam meam, et quod iustum fuerit dabo vobis.
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Illi autem abierunt. Iterum autem exiit circa sextam et nonam horam: et fecit similiter.
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Circa undecimam vero exiit, et invenit alios stantes, et dicit illis: Quid hic statis tota die otiosi?
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Dicunt ei: Quia nemo nos conduxit. Dicit illis: Ite et vos in vineam meam.
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Cum sero autem factum esset, dicit dominus vineæ procuratori suo: Voca operarios, et redde illis mercedem incipiens a novissimis usque ad primos.
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Cum venissent ergo qui circa undecimam horam venerant, acceperunt singulos denarios.
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Venientes autem et primi, arbitrati sunt quod plus essent accepturi: acceperunt autem et ipsi singulos denarios.
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Et accipientes murmurabant adversus patremfamilias,
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dicentes: Hi novissimi una hora fecerunt, et pares illos nobis fecisti, qui portavimus pondus diei, et æstus.
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At ille respondens uni eorum, dixit: Amice non facio tibi iniuriam: nonne ex denario convenisti mecum?
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Tolle quod tuum est, et vade: volo autem et huic novissimo dare sicut et tibi.
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Aut non licet mihi quod volo, facere? an oculus tuus nequam est, quia ego bonus sum?
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Sic erunt novissimi primi, et primi novissimi. multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
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Et ascendens Iesus Ierosolymam, assumpsit duodecim discipulos secreto, et ait illis:
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Ecce ascendimus Ierosolymam, et filius hominis tradetur principibus sacerdotum, et Scribis, et condemnabunt eum morte,
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et tradent eum Gentibus ad illudendum, et flagellandum, et crucifigendum, et tertia die resurget.
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Tunc accessit ad eum mater filiorum Zebedæi cum filiis suis, adorans et petens aliquid ab eo.
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Qui dixit ei: Quid vis? Ait illi: Dic ut sedeant hi duo filii mei, unus ad dexteram tuam, et unus ad sinistram in regno tuo.
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Respondens autem Iesus, dixit: Nescitis quid petatis. Potestis bibere calicem, quem ego bibiturus sum? Dicunt ei: Possumus.
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Ait illis: Calicem quidem meum bibetis: sedere autem ad dexteram meam vel sinistram non est meum dare vobis, sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo.
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Et audientes decem, indignati sunt de duobus fratribus.
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Iesus autem vocavit eos ad se, et ait: Scitis quia principes gentium dominantur eorum: et qui maiores sunt, potestatem exercent in eos.
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Non ita erit inter vos: sed quicumque voluerit inter vos maior fieri, sit vester minister:
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et qui voluerit inter vos primus esse, erit vester servus.
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sicut filius hominis non venit ministrari, sed ministrare, et dare animam suam, redemptionem pro multis.
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Et egredientibus illis ab Iericho, secuta est eum turba multa,
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et ecce duo cæci sedentes secus viam, audierunt, quia Iesus transiret: et clamaverunt, dicentes: Domine miserere nostri, fili David.
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Turba autem increpabat eos ut tacerent. At illi magis clamabant, dicentes: Domine, miserere nostri, fili David.
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Et stetit Iesus, et vocavit eos, et ait: Quid vultis ut faciam vobis?
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Dicunt illi: Domine, ut aperiantur oculi nostri.
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Misertus autem eorum Iesus, tetigit oculos eorum. Et confestim viderunt, et secuti sunt eum.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
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When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
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He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
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Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
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About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
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“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
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“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
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“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
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When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
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saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
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“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
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Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
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Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
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So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
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“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
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and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
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Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
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He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
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But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
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He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
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When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
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But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
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It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
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Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
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even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
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The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
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Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
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Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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ομοια γαρ εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων ανθρωπω οικοδεσποτη οστις εξηλθεν αμα πρωι μισθωσασθαι εργατας εις τον αμπελωνα αυτου
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συμφωνησας δε μετα των εργατων εκ δηναριου την ημεραν απεστειλεν αυτους εις τον αμπελωνα αυτου
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και εξελθων περι τριτην ωραν ειδεν αλλους εστωτας εν τη αγορα αργους
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και εκεινοις ειπεν υπαγετε και υμεις εις τον αμπελωνα και ο εαν η δικαιον δωσω υμιν
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οι δε απηλθον παλιν [δε] εξελθων περι εκτην και ενατην ωραν εποιησεν ωσαυτως
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περι δε την ενδεκατην εξελθων ευρεν αλλους εστωτας και λεγει αυτοις τι ωδε εστηκατε ολην την ημεραν αργοι
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λεγουσιν αυτω οτι ουδεις ημας εμισθωσατο λεγει αυτοις υπαγετε και υμεις εις τον αμπελωνα
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οψιας δε γενομενης λεγει ο κυριος του αμπελωνος τω επιτροπω αυτου καλεσον τους εργατας και αποδος τον μισθον αρξαμενος απο των εσχατων εως των πρωτων
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ελθοντες δε οι περι την ενδεκατην ωραν ελαβον ανα δηναριον
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και ελθοντες οι πρωτοι ενομισαν οτι πλειον λημψονται και ελαβον [το] ανα δηναριον και αυτοι
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λαβοντες δε εγογγυζον κατα του οικοδεσποτου
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λεγοντες ουτοι οι εσχατοι μιαν ωραν εποιησαν και ισους αυτους ημιν εποιησας τοις βαστασασιν το βαρος της ημερας και τον καυσωνα
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ο δε αποκριθεις ενι αυτων ειπεν εταιρε ουκ αδικω σε ουχι δηναριου συνεφωνησας μοι
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αρον το σον και υπαγε θελω δε τουτω τω εσχατω δουναι ως και σοι
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ουκ εξεστιν μοι ο θελω ποιησαι εν τοις εμοις η ο οφθαλμος σου πονηρος εστιν οτι εγω αγαθος ειμι
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ουτως εσονται οι εσχατοι πρωτοι και οι πρωτοι εσχατοι
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μελλων δε αναβαινειν ιησους εις ιεροσολυμα παρελαβεν τους δωδεκα [μαθητας] κατ ιδιαν και εν τη οδω ειπεν αυτοις
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ιδου αναβαινομεν εις ιεροσολυμα και ο υιος του ανθρωπου παραδοθησεται τοις αρχιερευσιν και γραμματευσιν και κατακρινουσιν αυτον [θανατω]
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και παραδωσουσιν αυτον τοις εθνεσιν εις το εμπαιξαι και μαστιγωσαι και σταυρωσαι και τη τριτη ημερα εγερθησεται
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τοτε προσηλθεν αυτω η μητηρ των υιων ζεβεδαιου μετα των υιων αυτης προσκυνουσα και αιτουσα τι απ αυτου
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ο δε ειπεν αυτη τι θελεις λεγει αυτω ειπε ινα καθισωσιν ουτοι οι δυο υιοι μου εις εκ δεξιων και εις εξ ευωνυμων σου εν τη βασιλεια σου
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αποκριθεις δε ο ιησους ειπεν ουκ οιδατε τι αιτεισθε δυνασθε πιειν το ποτηριον ο εγω μελλω πινειν λεγουσιν αυτω δυναμεθα
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λεγει αυτοις το μεν ποτηριον μου πιεσθε το δε καθισαι εκ δεξιων μου και εξ ευωνυμων ουκ εστιν εμον δουναι αλλ οις ητοιμασται υπο του πατρος μου
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και ακουσαντες οι δεκα ηγανακτησαν περι των δυο αδελφων
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ο δε ιησους προσκαλεσαμενος αυτους ειπεν οιδατε οτι οι αρχοντες των εθνων κατακυριευουσιν αυτων και οι μεγαλοι κατεξουσιαζουσιν αυτων
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ουχ ουτως εστιν εν υμιν αλλ ος αν θελη εν υμιν μεγας γενεσθαι εσται υμων διακονος
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και ος αν θελη εν υμιν ειναι πρωτος εσται υμων δουλος
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ωσπερ ο υιος του ανθρωπου ουκ ηλθεν διακονηθηναι αλλα διακονησαι και δουναι την ψυχην αυτου λυτρον αντι πολλων
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και εκπορευομενων αυτων απο ιεριχω ηκολουθησεν αυτω οχλος πολυς
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και ιδου δυο τυφλοι καθημενοι παρα την οδον ακουσαντες οτι ιησους παραγει εκραξαν λεγοντες κυριε ελεησον ημας υιος δαυιδ
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ο δε οχλος επετιμησεν αυτοις ινα σιωπησωσιν οι δε μειζον εκραξαν λεγοντες κυριε ελεησον ημας υιος δαυιδ
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και στας [ο] ιησους εφωνησεν αυτους και ειπεν τι θελετε ποιησω υμιν
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λεγουσιν αυτω κυριε ινα ανοιγωσιν οι οφθαλμοι ημων
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σπλαγχνισθεις δε ο ιησους ηψατο των ομματων αυτων και ευθεως ανεβλεψαν και ηκολουθησαν αυτω
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,
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and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,
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and to these he said, Go ye--also ye--to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;
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and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.
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And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?
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they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye--ye also--to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.
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`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last--unto the first.
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And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.
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`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,
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and having received <FI>it<Fi> , they were murmuring against the householder, saying,
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that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day--and the heat.
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`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?
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take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;
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is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
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So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,
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`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,
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and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'
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Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,
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and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit--these my two sons--one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'
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And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'
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And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but--to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'
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And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,
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and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,
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but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;
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and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;
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even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
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And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,
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and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir--Son of David.'
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And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir--Son of David.'
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And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will ye <FI>that<Fi> I may do to you?'
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they say to him, `Sir, that our eyes may be opened;'
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and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).