Matthew 20

Matthew 20:1

• “For the kingdom of
• “For the Kingdom of
• For the kingdom of
• “The Kingdom of
• “The kingdom of
• “ The kingdom of
• The kingdom of
• ‘The kingdom of

• Heaven
• heaven

• is like a
• is like the

• landowner who
• owner of an estate who

• went out

• early in the
• early one

• morning to hire

• workers for
• laborers for

• his

• vineyard.
• vineyard;

Matthew 20:2

• After agreeing with the
• When he had agreed with the

• laborers for a
• workers for a

• denarius a
• denarius for the
• denarius per

• day, he sent

• them into
• them off to
• them to

• his vineyard.

Matthew 20:3

• And going out about the
• And he went out about the

• third

• hour,
• hour

• he

• saw
• saw some

• others standing idle in the

• market-place.
• marketplace;
• marketplace,
• marketplace.
• market place;
• market place

Matthew 20:4

• He
• so he
• So he
• and he

• said to
• told

• them, ‘You also go and work in my

• vineyard, and
• vineyard,’
• vineyard.
• vineyard,

• I
• he said, ‘and I

• will
• ’ll

• pay
• give

• you whatever
• you what

• is right.’

Matthew 20:5

• So they

• went. “
• went to

• He
• work in the vineyard. “The man
• work in the vineyard. The man

• went out

• again about
• again about twelve

• noon and at three

• o’clock and
• o’clock

• did the
• he did the

• same thing.

Matthew 20:6

• ‘About five o’clock
• About five o’clock

• he went out and found still others standing

• around.
• around,
• there.
• around, and
• around; and

• He
• he

• said to
• asked

• them, “Why
• them ‘Why
• them, ‘Why

• have you been standing here all day

• long,
• long

• doing

• nothing?
• nothing?’
• nothing?”

Matthew 20:7

• “They
• They

• said to him, ‘Because no one

• has hired
• hired

• us.’
• us.
• us.’ “

• He

• said to
• told

• them,
• them, “
• them, ‘

• You go into the vineyard

• too.”
• too.’

Matthew 20:8

• ‘When evening came, the
• “When evening came, the
• When evening came, the
• And when evening came, the
• When it was evening the
• “At the end of the day, the
• In the evening the
• In the evening, the

• owner of the vineyard

• said to
• said to the
• told

• his
• boss of all the

• foreman, ‘
• manager, ‘
• manager,
• manager, “
• steward ‘
• steward, “
• steward, ‘
• workers, ‘
• supervisor, ‘

• Call the

• workers and
• workers, and
• laborers and
• laborers, and
• workmen and
• workers in and

• pay
• give

• them their

• wages.
• wages,
• pay.
• pay,
• pay

• beginning with the
• Start with the
• starting with the

• last, and
• last and
• last ones hired and

• ending with the
• go on to the

• first.”
• first.’
• first.

Matthew 20:9

• When those hired about five o’clock

• came. Each
• came, each

• received a
• received the

• full day’s

• wage.
• pay.

Matthew 20:10

• When those hired first
• Now when the first
• When the first
• So when the first
• So, when the first
• Now when those hired first

• came, they

• thought
• thought that
• supposed that
• assumed

• they would

• receive
• get

• more; but each of
• more, but each of
• more. But each of
• more. But
• more; but
• more, but
• more, and
• more; and

• they
• they,
• them

• also
• too

• received a
• received one

• denarius.
• silver coin.
• denarius each.

Matthew 20:11

• “When they received
• When they received
• And when they received
• They took
• And on receiving
• When they got their

• it
• it,
• silver coin,

• they

• grumbled against the
• grumbled at the
• began to grumble against the
• began to complain against the

• landowner,
• landowner:
• landowner.
• master of the house,
• owner of the estate,

Matthew 20:12

• saying, ‘These last worked only one

• hour, and
• hour.
• hour,’

• you
• You

• have

• made
• paid
• put

• them
• them the

• equal to

• us, who
• us who

• have borne the burden of the

• day and the
• day in the

• scorching
• burning

• heat.”
• heat!’
• heat.’

Matthew 20:13

• But he
• ‘But he
• “But he
• The owner
• “The owner
• “He
• He
• But the man who owned the
• “But the man who owned the

• answered one of
• said to one of
• replied to one of

• them,
• them, “
• them, ‘
• them and

• Friend,
• said, ‘Friend,

• I

• am
• ’m
• am not

• doing
• treating

• you no
• you

• wrong;
• wrong.

• Did
• did

• you not

• agree with
• agree to

• me for a denarius?

Matthew 20:14

• Take
• So take

• your pay and

• go.
• go!
• go;
• go, but
• go! But

• I want to give the

• man who
• one who

• was hired last the same as I

• gave
• give to
• gave to

• you?
• you.

Matthew 20:15

• is
• Is
• Am

• I
• it

• not

• allowed to
• free to

• do what
• do as

• I

• want with
• want with what
• choose with what

• my own
• belongs to
• my
• is

• me? Or
• money?
• money? Or

• are
• Are

• you

• envious because
• jealous because

• I

• am
• ’m

• generous?’
• generous? ”’
• generous?”
• good?’
• good?
• kind?”

Matthew 20:16

• “So the last
• So the last
• So those who are last
• “So those who are last
• Thus, the last
• Thus the last

• will be

• first and the
• first, and the
• first, and those who
• first. And those who

• first,
• first
• first will be
• are first will be

• last.
• last.”
• last.’

Matthew 20:17

• As Jesus
• And as Jesus
• Jesus
• While Jesus

• was going up to

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem,
• Jerusalem. On the

• He
• he
• way, he

• took the twelve

• disciples
• disciples by

• aside and
• aside by themselves, and

• said to them on the

• way:
• way,

Matthew 20:18

• “We
• ‘We
• We
• Behold, we
• “Behold, we
• ‘Look, we
• “Look, we
• “Listen! We
• “See, we

• are
• ’re

• going up to

• Jerusalem. And the
• Jerusalem, and the
• Jerusalem; and the
• Jerusalem. The
• Jerusalem, where the

• Son of
• son of

• Man
• man

• will be

• handed over to the
• betrayed to the
• delivered to the
• delivered over to the

• chief
• leading

• priests and the
• priests and
• priests and to the

• scribes; and
• scribes, and
• teachers of the Law.
• teachers of the law.
• teachers of the law, and
• scribes.

• they
• They

• will

• condemn
• sentence
• say that

• Him to
• him to
• he must
• He must

• death.
• death,
• death;
• death
• die.

Matthew 20:19

• and will hand
• They will hand
• and hand
• and deliver
• and will turn
• Then they will hand
• then they will hand

• him over to the

• gentiles to
• Gentiles to

• be

• mocked and
• mocked,

• flogged and
• scourged and

• crucified; and on the
• crucified, and on the

• third

• day,
• day
• day after his death,

• He
• he

• will be

• raised.”
• raised.’
• raised up.
• raised up.”
• raised to life!”
• raised to life.”

Matthew 20:20

• Then the mother of the sons of

• Zebedee
• Zebedee,

• came to
• came up to
• approached

• him with
• him, with
• Him with
• Jesus with

• her
• her two

• sons.
• sons,
• sons, and
• sons and,
• sons. She

• kneeling down she asked something from him.

Matthew 20:21

• and he
• And he
• And He
• He

• said to

• her, “What
• her, ‘What
• her, What

• do you

• want?”
• want?’
• wish?
• wish?”

• She

• said to
• answered

• Him, “
• him, “
• Him,
• him, ‘

• Say that these two
• Grant that these two
• Command that these two

• sons of mine

• may
• will

• sit one at
• sit, one at
• sit one on
• sit, one on
• sit at

• your
• Your

• right hand and one at

• your
• Your

• left in
• left, in

• your
• Your

• Kingdom.”
• kingdom.
• kingdom.’
• kingdom.”

Matthew 20:22

• But Jesus
• Jesus

• answered, “
• answered, ‘
• replied, “
• replied,
• answered and said,
• answered and said, “
• said, ‘
• said, “

• You do

• n’t
• not

• know what
• understand what
• realize what

• you

• are
• ’re

• asking.
• asking!

• Are you able to

• drink the
• drink from the

• cup that
• cup

• I

• am about to
• am to
• ’m about to

• drink?”
• drink?
• drink from?”

• They said to

• him,
• Him, “
• him, “

• We are

• able.
• able.”
• able!”

Matthew 20:23

• He
• Jesus

• said to
• told

• them,
• them, ‘
• them, “

• You

• will
• will indeed

• drink
• drink from

• my
• My

• cup; but to
• cup, but to
• cup. But to

• sit at

• my
• My

• right hand and at

• my
• My

• left
• left, this

• is
• are

• not
• not for

• Mine to
• mine to
• me to

• give, but
• give; but
• grant, but
• grant;

• it
• they

• is for those for whom it has been prepared by

• my
• My

• Father.
• Father.”
• Father.’

Matthew 20:24

• The other ten followers heard this and were

• angry with the two
• indignant with the two
• indignant at the two

• brothers.

Matthew 20:25

• But Jesus
• Jesus
• So Jesus

• called
• called the
• summoned

• them to Him and
• them to him and
• them and
• them, and
• them together and
• them to Himself and
• them to himself and
• them over and

• said, ‘
• said,
• said:
• said, “

• You know that the rulers of the

• Gentiles
• nations
• non-Jewish people

• lord
• love to show

• it over
• their power over the

• people. And
• them, and those in

• high
• their important

• leaders

• use
• love to use all

• their authority over

• them,
• them.
• people.
• them around.

Matthew 20:26

• It
• But it
• but it

• shall
• will
• must

• not be so among

• you. But whoever
• you! But whoever
• you, but whoever
• you; but whoever
• you.
• you
• you!
• you. Whoever

• wants to
• wishes to
• would
• desires to

• be
• become

• great among
• great,

• you

• must
• shall

• be your

• servant.
• servant;
• servant,

Matthew 20:27

• and whoever wants to
• Whoever wants to
• and whoever would
• And whoever desires to
• and whoever wishes to
• And anyone who wants to
• and anyone who wants to

• be

• first among
• first,
• first

• you must
• must
• you shall
• you will
• you, let him

• be your

• slave—
• slave.
• slave;
• slave,
• servant.
• servant;

Matthew 20:28

• just as the
• even as the

• Son of Man did

• not
• n’t

• come to be

• served but to
• served, but to

• serve, and to
• serve and to

• give

• his
• His

• life as a
• life as ‘a
• life a
• life as the
• life to

• ransom for

• many.’
• many.
• many.”
• many people.”
• many people.

Matthew 20:29

• As they
• And as they
• As Jesus and his disciples
• When Jesus and his followers
• As Jesus and the

• were leaving
• were going out of
• left
• went out of
• disciples left the
• went out from

• Jericho. A
• Jericho a
• Jericho, a
• city of Jericho,

• large
• great
• many

• crowd
• people
• multitude

• followed

• Him.
• him.
• Jesus.
• them.

Matthew 20:30

• There were two
• And behold, two
• And behold, there were two

• blind

• men,
• men

• sitting by the
• sitting beside the

• road. When
• road, when
• roadside, and when
• road. And when
• road, and when
• road.

• they
• They

• heard that Jesus was passing by, they

• shouted, ‘
• shouted, “
• cried out, “
• cried out,

• Lord!
• Lord,

• have
• Have

• mercy on
• pity on

• us,
• us.
• us, you

• Son of
• son of

• David.
• David!
• David!”
• David.’

Matthew 20:31

• The crowd
• The people

• told them to

• be
• keep

• quiet. But
• quiet, but
• quiet!’ But
• quiet; but

• they shouted even

• louder, ‘
• louder, “
• more, “

• Lord!
• Lord,

• Son of

• David!
• David,

• have
• Have

• mercy on
• pity on

• us!
• us!’
• us!”

Matthew 20:32

• Jesus stopped and called

• them, “What
• them. “What

• do you want

• Me to
• me to

• do for

• you?
• you?”
• you?’
• you?” he asked.

Matthew 20:33

• They
• “Lord,” they

• said to
• answered, “
• answered

• Him, “
• him, “
• Him,
• Lord,

• we
• Lord,
• Lord, we

• let
• want

• our

• eyes
• eyes to

• be
• may be

• opened!
• opened!”
• opened.
• opened;’
• opened.”

Matthew 20:34

• Moved with
• Jesus had
• Jesus felt

• compassion,
• compassion on

• Jesus
• them and

• touched their

• eyes.
• eyes; and
• eyes. And
• eyes, and

• Immediately
• immediately

• they

• received
• regained
• recovered

• their

• sight, and
• sight and

• followed

• Him.
• him.
• Jesus.