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Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 20

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Chapter 20 of Matthew—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “For the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.1
  2. When he had agreed with the workers for a de·narʹi·us[a] a day,2 he sent them forth into his vineyard.
  3. Going out also about the third hour,3 he saw others standing unemployed in the marketplace;4
  4. and to those he said, ‘YOU also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will give YOU.’
  5. So off they went. Again he went out about the sixth5 and the ninth hour6 and did likewise.
  6. Finally, about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have YOU been standing here all day unemployed?’
  7. They said to him, ‘Because nobody has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘YOU too go into the vineyard.’7
  8. ¶ “When it became evening,8 the master of the vineyard said to his man in charge, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages,9 proceeding from the last to the first.’
  9. When the eleventh-hour men came, they each received a de·narʹi·us.
  10. So, when the first came, they concluded they would receive more; but they also received pay at the rate of a de·narʹi·us.
  11. On receiving it they began to murmur against the householder10
  12. and said, ‘These last put in one hour’s work; still you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’
  13. But in reply to one of them he said, ‘Fellow, I do you no wrong. You agreed with me for a de·narʹi·us, did you not?11
  14. Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last one the same as to you.12
  15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own things? Or is your eye wicked[b]13 because I am good?’14
  16. In this way the last ones will be first, and the first ones last.”15
  17. ¶ Being now about to go up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples16 off privately and said to them on the road:
  18. “Look! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,17
  19. and will deliver him up to [men of] the nations to make fun of and to scourge and to impale,[c]18 and the third day he will be raised up.”19
  20. ¶ Then the mother of the sons of Zebʹe·dee20 approached him with her sons, doing obeisance and asking for something from him.21
  21. He said to her: “What do you want?” She said to him: “Give the word that these my two sons may sit down, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”22
  22. Jesus said in answer: “YOU men do not know what YOU are asking for. Can YOU drink the cup23 that I am about to drink?” They said to him: “We can.”
  23. He said to them: “YOU will indeed drink my cup,24 but this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”25
  24. ¶ When the ten others heard of this, they became indignant at the two brothers.26
  25. But Jesus, calling them to him, said: “YOU know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them and the great men wield authority over them.27
  26. This is not the way among YOU;28 but whoever wants to become great among YOU must be YOUR minister,[d]29
  27. and whoever wants to be first among YOU must be YOUR slave.30
  28. Just as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister[e]31 and to give his soul[f] a ransom[g] in exchange for many.”32
  29. ¶ Now as they were going out of Jerʹi·cho33 a great crowd followed him.
  30. And, look! two blind men sitting beside the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: “Lord,[h] have mercy on us, Son of David!”34
  31. But the crowd sternly told them to keep silent; yet they cried all the louder, saying: “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”35
  32. So Jesus stopped, called them and said: “What do YOU want me to do for YOU?”
  33. They said to him: “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”36
  34. Moved with pity, Jesus touched their eyes,37 and immediately they received sight, and they followed him.38

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ A Roman silver coin that weighed 3.85 g (0.124 oz t).
  2. ^ Or, “envious.”
  3. ^ Or, “fasten on a stake (pole).” See App 5C.
  4. ^ Or, “servant.” Gr., di·aʹko·nos; Lat., mi·niʹster (from miʹnus, “less”); J22(Heb.), mesha·rethʹ.
  5. ^ Or, “to serve (attend).” Gr., di·a·ko·neʹsai; Lat., mi·ni·straʹre; J17,18,22(Heb.), lesha·rethʹ.
  6. ^ Or, “life.” Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam; J17,18,22(Heb.), naph·shohʹ, “his life.”
  7. ^ “Ransom.” Gr., lyʹtron; Lat., re·dem·pti·oʹnem; J17,18,22(Heb.), koʹpher. Compare 1Ti 2:6 ftn, “Ransom.”
  8. ^ “Lord,” P45BCWVg; א, “Jesus”; DSyc omit.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 5:1; Mt 21:33
  2. ^ Re 6:6
  3. ^ Mr 15:25; Ac 2:15
  4. ^ Ac 17:17
  5. ^ Mr 15:33; Jn 4:6
  6. ^ Mt 27:45
  7. ^ Jn 15:8
  8. ^ Jg 19:16
  9. ^ Le 19:13; De 24:15
  10. ^ Mt 13:27
  11. ^ Mt 20:2
  12. ^ Jn 17:2
  13. ^ De 15:9; Mt 6:23; Mr 7:22
  14. ^ 1Pe 2:3
  15. ^ Mt 19:30; Mr 9:35; 10:31; Lu 13:30
  16. ^ Mr 10:32; Lu 18:31
  17. ^ Mt 16:21; Lu 9:22
  18. ^ Mt 27:31; Jn 19:1
  19. ^ Mt 17:23; 28:6; Mr 10:34; Lu 18:33; Ac 10:40; 1Co 15:4
  20. ^ Mt 4:21; 27:56
  21. ^ Mr 10:35
  22. ^ Mt 19:28; Mr 10:37
  23. ^ Mt 26:39; Mr 14:36; Jn 18:11
  24. ^ Ac 12:2; Ro 8:17; 2Co 1:7; Re 1:9
  25. ^ Mr 10:40
  26. ^ Mr 10:41; Lu 22:24
  27. ^ 1Co 2:6; 2Co 1:24
  28. ^ 1Pe 5:3
  29. ^ Mt 18:4; 23:11; Mr 10:43; Lu 22:26
  30. ^ Mr 9:35; 10:44
  31. ^ Lu 22:27; Jn 13:14; Pp 2:7
  32. ^ Le 4:21; Is 53:11; 1Ti 2:6; Ti 2:14; Heb 9:28
  33. ^ Mr 10:46; Lu 18:35
  34. ^ Mt 9:27; 15:22; Mr 10:47; Lu 18:38
  35. ^ Lu 18:39
  36. ^ Lu 18:41
  37. ^ Mt 9:29
  38. ^ Mr 10:52; Lu 18:43

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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