The Parable of the Workers
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. Mat 13:24Mat 13:471Co 15:58Heb 13:21Jhn 15:1Mat 22:2Mat 25:1Sng 8:11-12 He agreed to pay them a denarius 1for the day and sent them into his vineyard. 2Ti 3:15Exo 19:5-6Luk 10:35Mat 22:191Ki 18:121Ki 3:6-111Sa 16:11-121Sa 2:18
About the third hour 2he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 1Ti 5:13Pro 19:15Act 17:17-21Act 2:15Ezk 16:49Mat 11:16-17Mat 20:6-7Mrk 15:25 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 1Pe 4:2-31Co 6:111Pe 1:131Ti 1:12-13Col 4:1Luk 19:7-10Mat 21:23-31Mat 9:9 So they went. Act 3:1Heb 11:24-26Jos 24:2-3Luk 23:44-46Mrk 15:33-342Ch 33:12-19Act 10:3Act 10:9
He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour 3and did the same thing.
About the eleventh hour 4he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. Jhn 9:4Act 17:21Heb 6:12Luk 23:40-43Pro 19:15Ecc 9:10Ezk 16:49
‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. Eph 2:11-12Heb 6:10Act 17:30-31Act 4:16Col 1:26Ecc 9:10Eph 3:5-6Eph 6:8
So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’ 5
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’ Deu 24:151Pe 4:10Rom 2:6-101Co 4:1-22Co 5:10Gen 15:2Gen 39:4-6Gen 43:19
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. Eph 2:8-10Rom 4:3-6Eph 1:6-8Luk 23:40-43Mat 20:2Mat 20:6-71Ti 1:14-16Rom 5:20-21 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner. Luk 19:71Th 2:16Jud 1:16Act 11:2-3Act 13:45Act 22:21-22Luk 15:2Luk 15:28-30 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’ Rom 11:5-62Co 11:23-281Co 4:11Luk 12:55Luk 14:10-11Luk 18:11-12Eph 3:6Isa 58:2-3
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius? Mat 22:12Mat 26:50Rom 9:14-15Gen 18:25Job 34:17-18Job 34:8-12Job 35:2Job 40:8 Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you. Jhn 17:2Luk 15:312Ki 10:30-31Ezk 29:18-20Mat 6:16Mat 6:2Mat 6:6Rom 3:19 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Rom 9:15-24Deu 15:9Exo 33:19Mat 6:23Mrk 7:22Jhn 17:2Jon 4:1-4Deu 7:6-8
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” 6 Mat 19:30Mrk 10:31Mat 22:14Luk 13:28-30Luk 15:7Mat 7:13Rom 8:30Rom 9:30
The Third Prediction of the Passion
(Mark 10:32–34; Luke 18:31–34)
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said, Mrk 10:32-34Luk 18:31-34Act 10:41Gen 18:17Jhn 12:12Jhn 15:15Mat 13:11Mat 16:13 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death Mat 16:21Act 2:23Mat 27:1Mat 17:22-23Mat 26:2Act 4:27-28Mat 26:66Dan 9:24-27 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.” Mat 16:21Mrk 15:16-201Co 15:3-7Act 2:23Hos 6:2Isa 26:19Isa 53:3Mat 27:27-31
A Mother’s Request
(Mark 10:35–45)
Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him. Mat 4:21Mrk 10:35-45Mat 8:2Mat 27:56Mat 2:11Mrk 15:40Mat 14:33Mat 15:25
“What do you want?” He inquired. Mat 19:28Mrk 10:36-37Est 5:3Psa 110:11Ki 3:5Mat 18:1Act 1:6Mat 20:32
She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” 7 Luk 22:42Mat 26:42Jhn 18:11Mat 26:39Mrk 14:36Isa 51:22Mrk 10:38-39Rom 8:26
“We can,” the brothers answered.
“You will indeed drink My cup,” 8 Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.” Mat 25:34Mrk 10:40Rev 1:9Act 12:22Ti 2:11-121Co 2:9Rom 8:172Co 1:7
When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 1Pe 5:5Jas 4:5-61Co 13:4Jas 3:14Luk 22:23-25Mrk 10:41Php 2:3Pro 13:10 But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. Luk 22:25-27Mat 20:25-28Jhn 13:12-17Mat 18:3-4Mrk 10:42Mat 11:29Dan 2:12-13Dan 5:19 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, Mrk 10:43Mrk 9:351Pe 5:3Mrk 10:45Luk 18:141Pe 4:11Luk 14:7-11Mat 23:8-12 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— Luk 22:26Mrk 9:33-352Co 4:5Mat 18:4Act 20:34-35Rom 1:141Co 9:19-232Co 11:23-27 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Luk 22:27Heb 9:28Tit 2:141Pe 3:18Php 2:4-81Ti 2:61Pe 2:242Co 8:9
The Blind Men by the Road
(Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43)
As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. Mrk 10:46-52Luk 18:35-43Mat 9:27-31 And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Mrk 10:46Isa 42:16Mat 12:22-23Mat 21:14Mat 21:9Mat 22:42Act 2:30Isa 29:18
The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Col 4:2Mat 19:131Th 5:17Gen 32:25-29Luk 11:8-10Luk 18:1-8Mat 15:23Mat 7:7-8
Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked. Ezk 36:37Php 4:6Mat 20:21Act 10:29
“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.” Psa 119:18Eph 1:17-19
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and at once they received their sight and followed Him. Mat 9:29Heb 4:15-16Luk 22:51Psa 145:8Act 26:18Luk 7:13Mat 14:14Mat 15:32