Matthew 20:1-21:46 For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

Geneva⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde. ² And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard. ³ And he went out about the third houre, and sawe other standing idle in the market place, ⁴ And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way. ⁵ Againe he went out about the sixt and ninth houre, and did likewise. ⁶ And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, and sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? ⁷ They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue. ⁸ And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first. ⁹ And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie. ¹⁰ Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie. ¹¹ And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house, ¹² Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden and heate of the day. ¹³ And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie? ¹⁴ Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen. ¹⁷ And Iesus went vp to Hierusalem, and tooke the twelue disciples apart in the way, and said vnto them, ¹⁸ Beholde, wee goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shall bee deliuered vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the Scribes, and they shall condemne him to death, ¹⁹ And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles, to mocke, and to scourge, and to crucifie him, but the third day he shall rise againe. ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of Zebedeus children with her sonnes, worshipping him, and desiring a certaine thing of him. ²¹ And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome. ²² And Iesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye aske. Are ye able to drinke of the cup that I shall drinke of, and to be baptized with the baptisme that I shalbe baptized with? They said to him, We are able. ²³ And he said vnto them, Ye shall drinke in deede of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptisme, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hande, and at my left hand, is not mine to giue: but it shalbe giuen to them for whome it is prepared of my Father. ²⁴ And when the other ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren. ²⁵ Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them. ²⁶ But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant. ²⁷ And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant. ²⁸ Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many. ²⁹ And as they departed from Iericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰ And beholde, two blinde men, sitting by the way side, when they heard that Iesus passed by, cryed, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs. ³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, because they should holde their peace: but they cried the more, saying, O Lord, the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on vs. ³² Then Iesus stoode still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I should do to you? ³³ They saide to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And Iesus mooued with compassion, touched their eyes, and immediatly their eyes receiued sight, and they followed him. ²¹ ¹ And when they drewe neere to Hierusalem, and were come to Bethphage, vnto the mount of the Oliues, then sent Iesus two disciples, ² Saying to them, Goe into the towne that is ouer against you, and anon yee shall finde an asse bounde, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them vnto me. ³ And if any man say ought vnto you, say ye, that the Lord hath neede of them, and straightway he will let them goe. ⁴ All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, ⁵ Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee, meeke and sitting vpon an asse, and a colte, the foale of an asse vsed to the yoke. ⁶ So the disciples went, and did as Iesus had commanded them, ⁷ And brought the asse and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon. ⁸ And a great multitude spred their garments in the way: and other cut downe branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. ⁹ Moreouer, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Sonne of Dauid, Blessed be hee that commeth in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna thou which art in the highest heauens. ¹⁰ And when he was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile. ¹² And Iesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that solde and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money chagers, and the seates of them that sold doues, ¹³ And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a denne of theeues. ¹⁴ Then the blinde, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ But when the chiefe priestes and Scribes sawe the marueiles that hee did, and the children crying in the Temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Sonne of Dauid, they disdained, ¹⁶ And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus said vnto them, Yea: read ye neuer, By the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast made perfite the praise? ¹⁷ So hee left them, and went out of the citie vnto Bethania, and lodged there. ¹⁸ And in the morning, as he returned into the citie, he was hungrie, ¹⁹ And seeing a figge tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaues onely, and said to it, Neuer fruite grow on thee henceforwards. And anon the figge tree withered. ²⁰ And when his disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered! ²¹ And Iesus answered and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only doe that, which I haue done to the figge tree, but also if ye say vnto this mountaine, Take thy selfe away, and cast thy selfe into the sea, it shalbe done. ²² And whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer, if ye beleeue, ye shall receiue it. ²³ And whe he was come into the Temple, the chiefe Priestes, and the Elders of the people came vnto him, as he was teaching, and saide, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie? ²⁴ Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things. ²⁵ The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it? from heauen, or of men? Then they reasoned among themselues, saying, If we shall say, From heauen, he will say vnto vs, Why did ye not then beleeue him? ²⁶ And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet. ²⁷ Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things. ²⁸ But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde. ²⁹ But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went. ³⁰ Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not. ³¹ Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God. ³² For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and the harlots beleeued him, and ye, though ye sawe it, were not mooued with repentance afterward, that ye might beleeue him. ³³ Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey. ³⁴ And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof. ³⁵ And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them. ³⁷ But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne. ³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and let vs take his inheritance. ³⁹ So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the Lord of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They saide vnto him, Hee will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall deliuer him the fruites in their seasons. ⁴² Iesus saide vnto them, Read ye neuer in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders refused, the same is made the head of the corner? This was the Lordes doing, and it is marueilous in our eyes. ⁴³ Therefore say I vnto you, The kingdome of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giuen to a nation, which shall bring foorth the fruites thereof. ⁴⁴ And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will dash him a pieces. ⁴⁵ And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them. ⁴⁶ And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.