Thematic Bible

Matthew 20:1

For the kingdom of heaven is like an housholder, who went out early in the morning, to hire labourers into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:2

And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:3

And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place.

Matthew 20:4

And said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, I will give you. And they went.

Matthew 20:5

Again going out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.

Matthew 20:6

And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing idle and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Matthew 20:7

They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right ye shall receive.

Matthew 20:8

And in the evening the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.

Matthew 20:9

And when they came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every one a penny.

Matthew 20:10

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every one a penny.

Matthew 20:11

And having received it, they murmured against the housholder, saying,

Matthew 20:12

These last have wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Matthew 20:13

And he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong.

Matthew 20:14

Didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take what is thine, and go: it is my will, to give to this last, even as to thee?

Matthew 20:15

Is it not lawful for me, to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.

Matthew 20:17

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said to them,

Matthew 20:18

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

Matthew 20:19

And shall deliver him to the Gentiles, to mock and scourge and crucify him; and the third day he shall rise again.

Matthew 20:20

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshiping him and desiring a certain thing of him.

Matthew 20:21

And he said to her, What wilt thou? She saith to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right-hand, and the other on thy left in thy kingdom.

Matthew 20:22

But Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink of, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say to him, We are able.

Matthew 20:23

And he saith to them, Ye shall indeed drink 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, save to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Matthew 20:24

And the ten hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

Matthew 20:25

But Jesus calling them to him said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

Matthew 20:26

It shall not be so among you; but whosoever desireth to be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever desireth to be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Matthew 20:27

Even as the Son of man came not to be served,

Matthew 20:28

but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Matthew 20:29

And as they were going from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

Matthew 20:30

And behold two blind men sitting by the way-side, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

Matthew 20:31

And the multitude charged them to hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

Matthew 20:32

And Jesus standing still called them and said, What do ye desire that I should do to you?

Matthew 20:33

They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

Matthew 20:34

So Jesus moved with tender compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.