Matthew 20:1-23 ▼

1 For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

3 And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place,

4 And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.

5 Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse.

6 And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?

7 They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.

8 So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.

9 And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.

10 But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.

11 And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house,

12 Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.

13 But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?

14 Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.

15 Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?

16 So the last, shalbe the first, & the first shalbe last: For many be called, but fewe be chosen.

17 And Iesus, goyng vp to Hierusale, toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way, and sayde vnto them:

18 Beholde, we go vp to Hierusalem, and the sonne of man shalbe betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the scribes, and they shall condempne hym to death:

19 And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the thirde day, he shall ryse agayne.

20 Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren, with her sonnes, worshyppyng hym, and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym.

21 And he sayth vnto her: what wylt thou? She saith vnto him: graunt, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the left, in thy kyngdome.

22 But Iesus aunswered, and saide: Ye wote not what ye aske. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of? and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with? They say vnto hym: we are able.

23 He sayth vnto them: Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe, and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with: But to syt on my ryght hande, & on my lefte, is not myne to geue, but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father.