{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/matthew/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:19:19.707Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Matthew","bookSlug":"matthew","chapter":20,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"|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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"|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.'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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.'"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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!'"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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?'"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"|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,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.|"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"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!|"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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!|"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, |What do you want me to do for you?|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"They told him, |Lord, that our eyes may be opened.|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him."}],"citation":{"inline":"Matthew 20 (WEB)","markdown":"[Matthew 20](https://primebible.com/web/matthew/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/matthew/20 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}