Matthew 20
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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius#20:2 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer. for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
7 “ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
17Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, 18“We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death 19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
A Mother’s Request
20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 “What is it you want?” he asked.
She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”
22 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”
“We can,” they answered.
23Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”
24When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Two Blind Men Receive Sight
29As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
33“Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”
34Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
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馬太福音 20
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葡萄園工人的比喻
1“天國好像一個家主,清早出去雇請工人到他的葡萄園工作。2他和工人講定了一天的工錢是一個銀幣,然後派他們到葡萄園去。3大約九點鐘,他又出去,看見還有人閒站在街市上,4就對他們說:‘你們也到葡萄園來吧,我會給你們合理的工錢。’5他們就去了。約在正午和下午三點鐘,他又出去,也是這樣作。6下午五點鐘左右,他再出去,看見還有人站著,就問他們:‘你們為甚麼整天站在這裡不去作工?’7他們回答:‘沒有人用我們。’他說:‘你們也到葡萄園來吧。’8到了黃昏,園主對管工說:‘把工人叫來,給他們工錢,從最後的開始,到最先來的。’9那些下午五點鐘才開始作工的人來了,每個人都領到一個銀幣。10最先作工的人也來了,以為會多得一點,但每個人也是領到一個銀幣。11他們領到之後,就埋怨家主,說:12‘我們整天在烈日之下勞苦,這些後來的人只工作了一個小時,你卻給他們跟我們一樣的工錢。’13家主回答他們當中的一個,說:‘朋友,我並沒有虧待你。你我不是講定了一個銀幣嗎?14拿你的工錢走吧!我給那後來的和給你的一樣,是我的主意。15難道我不可以照自己的主意用我的財物嗎?還是因為我仁慈你就嫉妒呢?’16因此,在後的將要在前,在前的將要在後。”
第三次預言受難及復活(可10:32~34;路18:31~34)
17耶穌上耶路撒冷去的時候,把十二門徒帶到一邊,在路上對他們說:18“我們現在上耶路撒冷去,人子要被交給祭司長和經學家,他們要定他死罪,19把他交給外族人凌辱、鞭打,並且釘在十字架上。然而第三天他要復活。”
不是要人服事而是要服事人(可10:35~45)
20那時,西庇太的兒子的母親,帶著她的兩個兒子前來見耶穌。她跪在耶穌面前求他。21耶穌問她:“你想要甚麼?”她說:“求你下令,使我這兩個兒子在你的國裡,一個坐在你的右邊,一個坐在你的左邊。”22耶穌回答:“你們不知道你們求的是甚麼。我將要喝的杯,你們能喝嗎?”他們說:“能。”23他對他們說:“我的杯你們固然要喝,只是坐在我的左右,不是我可以賜的;我父預備賜給誰,就賜給誰。”24其他十個門徒聽見了,就向他們兄弟二人生氣。25耶穌把他們叫過來,說:“你們知道各國都有元首統治他們,也有官長管轄他們。26但你們中間卻不要這樣;誰想在你們中間成為大的,就要作你們的僕役;27誰想在你們中間為首的,就要作你們的奴僕。28正如人子來,不是要受人的服事,而是要服事人,並且要捨命,作許多人的贖價。”
治好瞎眼的人(可10:46~52;路18:35~43)
29他們從耶利哥出來的時候,有許多人跟著耶穌。30有兩個瞎眼的人坐在路旁,聽說耶穌經過,就喊叫:“主啊,大衛的子孫,可憐我們吧!”31群眾責備他們,叫他們不要出聲,他們卻更加放聲喊叫:“主啊,大衛的子孫,可憐我們吧!”32耶穌就站住,叫他們過來,說:“要我為你們作甚麼呢?”33他們說:“主啊,求你開我們的眼睛。”34耶穌就憐憫他們,摸他們的眼睛。他們立刻能看見,就跟從了耶穌。
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