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1 '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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2 and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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3 'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,
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Strong's G58 ἀγορά agora ag-or-ah' From ἀγείρω “ageiro” (to gather; probably akin to G1453); properly the town square (as a place of public resort); by implication a market or thoroughfare: - market (-place), street. |
4 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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5 and they went away. 'Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.
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6 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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7 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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8 '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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9 And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.
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10 'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,
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11 and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,
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They murmered – Question: Who do those represent who murmured? - Q500:1-2 |
12 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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13 '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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14 take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;
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15 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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16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
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17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them, |
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18 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,
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19 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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20 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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21 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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22 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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23 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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Is not mine to give – This yet another proof that the doctrine of the trinity is false! |
24 And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers, |
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25 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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26 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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27 and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;
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28 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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29 And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude, |
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30 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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31 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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32 And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, 'What will ye [that] I may do to you '
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33 they say to him, 'Sir, that our eyes may be opened;' |
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34 and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. |
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