Matthew 20:10–18
10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.↗
11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,↗
12saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’↗
13“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?↗
14Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.↗
15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’↗
16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”↗
17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,↗
18“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,↗
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