São Mateus 20

1 Com efeito, o Reino dos Céus é semelhan­te a um pai de família que saiu ao romper da manhã, a fim de contratar operários para sua vinha.

2 Ajustou com eles um denário por dia e enviou-os para sua vinha.

3 Cerca da terceira hora, saiu ainda e viu alguns que estavam na praça sem fazer nada.

4 Disse-lhes ele: ‘Ide também vós para minha vinha e vos darei o justo salário’.

5 Eles foram. À sexta hora saiu de novo e igualmente pela nona hora, e fez o mesmo.

6 Finalmente, pela undéci­ma hora, encontrou ainda outros na praça e perguntou-lhes: ‘Por que estais todo o dia sem fazer nada?’

7 Eles responderam: ‘É porque ninguém nos contratou’. Disse-lhes ele, então: – Ide vós também para minha vinha.

8 Ao cair da tarde, o senhor da vinha disse a seu feitor: ‘Chama os operários e paga-lhes, começando pelos últimos até os primeiros’.

9 Vieram aqueles da undécima hora e receberam cada qual um denário.

10 Chegando por sua vez os primeiros, julgavam que haviam de receber mais. Mas só receberam cada qual um denário.

11 Ao receberem, murmuravam contra o pai de família, dizendo:

12 ‘Os últimos só trabalharam uma hora... e deste-lhes tanto como a nós, que suportamos o peso do dia e do calor’.

13 O senhor, porém, observou a um deles: ‘Meu amigo, não te faço injustiça. Não contrataste comigo um denário?

14 Toma o que é teu e vai-te. Eu quero dar a este último tanto quanto a ti.

15 Ou não me é permitido fazer dos meus bens o que me apraz? Porventura vês com maus olhos que eu seja bom?’.

16 Assim, pois, os últimos serão os primeiros e os primeiros serão os últimos. [Muitos serão os chamados, mas poucos os escolhidos.]"

17 Subindo para Jerusalém, durante o caminho, Jesus tomou à parte os Doze e disse-lhes:

18 "Eis que subimos a Jerusalém, e o Filho do Homem será entregue aos prínci­pes dos sacerdotes e aos escribas. Eles o condenarão à morte.

19 E o entregarão aos pagãos para ser exposto às suas zombarias, açoitado e crucificado; mas ao terceiro dia ressuscitará".

20 Nisso aproximou-se a mãe dos filhos de Zebedeu com seus filhos e prostrou-se diante de Jesus para lhe fazer uma súplica.

21 Perguntou-lhe ele: "Que queres?". Ela respondeu: "Ordena que estes meus dois filhos se sentem no teu Reino, um à tua direita e outro à tua esquerda".

22 Jesus disse: "Não sabeis o que pedis. Podeis vós beber o cálice que eu devo beber?". "Sim" – disseram-lhe.

23 "De fato, bebereis meu cálice. Quanto, porém, a sentar-vos à mi­nha direi­ta ou à minha esquerda, isso não depende de mim vo-lo conceder. Esses lugares cabem àqueles aos quais meu Pai os reservou."

24 Os dez outros, que haviam ouvido tudo, indignaram-se contra os dois irmãos.

25 Jesus, porém, os chamou e lhes disse: "Sabeis que os chefes das nações as subjugam, e que os grandes as governam com autoridade.

26 Não seja assim entre vós. Todo aquele que quiser tornar-se grande entre vós, se faça vosso servo.

27 E o que quiser tornar-se entre vós o primeiro, se faça vosso escravo.

28 Assim como o Filho do Homem veio, não para ser servido, mas para servir e dar sua vida em resgate por uma multidão".

29 Ao sair de Jericó, uma grande multidão o seguiu.

30 Dois cegos, sentados à beira do caminho, ouvindo dizer que Jesus passava, começaram a gritar: "Senhor, filho de Davi, tem piedade de nós!".

31 A multidão, porém, os repreendia para que se calassem. Mas eles gritavam ainda mais forte: "Se­nhor, filho de Davi, tem piedade de nós!".

32 Jesus parou, chamou-os e perguntou-lhes: "Que quereis que eu vos faça?".

33 "Senhor, que nossos olhos se abram!".

34 Jesus, cheio de compaixão, tocou-lhes os olhos. Instantaneamente recobraram a vista e puseram-se a segui-lo.

1 "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. 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius*20:2 A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 He went out about the third hour,*20:3 Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 a.m. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,*20:5 noon and 3:00 p.m. and did likewise. 6 About the eleventh hour*20:6 5:00 p.m. he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

7 "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.’

8 "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.’ 9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, 12 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!’

13 "But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. 15 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?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 "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, 19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."

20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 21 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."

22 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."

23 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."

24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25 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. 26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be*20:26 TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall be" your servant. 27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 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!" 31 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!"

32 Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.