1 For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.
2 And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And having gone out about {the} third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;
4 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.
5 Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.
6 But about the eleventh {hour}, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 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}.
8 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.
9 And when they {who came to work} about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.
10 And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.
11 And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
12 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.
13 But he answering said to one of them, {My} friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:
15 is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good?
16 Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.
17 And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples with {him} apart in the way, and said to them,
18 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;
19 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.
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, doing homage, and asking something of him.
21 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.
22 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.
23 {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.
24 And the ten, having heard {of it}, were indignant about the two brothers.
25 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.
26 It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;
27 and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;
28 as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they went out from Jericho a great crowd followed him.
30 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.
31 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.
32 And Jesus, having stopped, called them and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?
33 They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.
1 "天国好像一个家主， 清早出去雇请工人到他的葡萄园工作。
2 他和工人讲定了一天的工钱是一个银币， 然后派他们到葡萄园去。
3 大约九点钟， 他又出去， 看见还有人闲站在街市上，
4 就对他们说： ‘你们也到葡萄园来吧， 我会给你们合理的工钱。’
5 他们就去了。约在正午和下午三点钟， 他又出去， 也是这样作。
6 下午五点钟左右， 他再出去， 看见还有人站着， 就问他们： ‘你们为什么整天站在这里不去作工？’
7 他们回答： ‘没有人用我们。’他说： ‘你们也到葡萄园来吧。’
8 到了黄昏， 园主对管工说： ‘把工人叫来， 给他们工钱， 从最后的开始， 到最先来的。’
9 那些下午五点钟才开始作工的人来了， 每个人都领到一个银币。
10 最先作工的人也来了， 以为会多得一点， 但每个人也是领到一个银币。
11 他们领到之后， 就埋怨家主， 说：
12 ‘我们整天在烈日之下劳苦， 这些后来的人只工作了一个小时， 你却给他们跟我们一样的工钱。’
13 家主回答他们当中的一个， 说： ‘朋友， 我并没有亏待你。你我不是讲定了一个银币吗？
14 拿你的工钱走吧！ 我给那后来的和给你的一样， 是我的主意。
15 难道我不可以照自己的主意用我的财物吗？还是因为我仁慈你就嫉妒呢？’
16 因此， 在后的将要在前， 在前的将要在后。"
17 耶稣上耶路撒冷去的时候， 把十二门徒带到一边， 对他们说：
18 "我们现在上耶路撒冷去， 人子要被交给祭司长和经学家， 他们要定他死罪，
19 把他交给外族人凌辱、鞭打， 并且钉在十字架上。然而第三天他要复活。"
20 那时， 西庇太的儿子的母亲， 带着她的两个儿子前来见耶稣。她跪在耶稣面前求他。
21 耶稣问她： "你想要什么？"她说： "求你下令， 使我这两个儿子在你的国里， 一个坐在你的右边， 一个坐在你的左边。"
22 耶稣回答： "你们不知道你们求的是什么。我将要喝的杯， 你们能喝吗？"他们说： "能。"
23 他对他们说： "我的杯你们固然要喝， 只是坐在我的左右， 不是我可以赐的； 我父预备赐给谁， 就赐给谁。"
24 其他十个门徒听见了， 就向他们兄弟二人生气。
25 耶稣把他们叫过来， 说： "你们知道各国都有元首统治他们， 也有官长管辖他们。
26 但你们中间却不要这样； 谁想在你们中间成为大的， 就要作你们的仆役；
27 谁想在你们中间为首的， 就要作你们的奴仆。
28 正如人子来， 不是要受人的服事， 而是要服事人， 并且要舍命， 作许多人的赎价。"
29 他们从耶利哥出来的时候， 有许多人跟着耶稣。
30 有两个瞎眼的人坐在路旁， 听说耶稣经过， 就喊叫： "主啊， 大卫的子孙， 可怜我们吧！ "
31 群众责备他们， 叫他们不要出声， 他们却更加放声喊叫： "主啊， 大卫的子孙， 可怜我们吧！ "
32 耶稣就站住， 叫他们过来， 说： "要我为你们作什么呢？"
33 他们说： "主啊， 求你开我们的眼睛。"
34 耶稣就怜悯他们， 摸他们的眼睛。他们立刻能看见， 就跟从了耶稣。