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Matthew 20:13-30 English Revised Version (ERV)

13. But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14. Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

16. So the last shall be first, and the first last.

17. And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and in the way he said unto them,

18. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,

19. and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.

20. Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him, and asking a certain thing of him.

21. And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.

22. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.

23. He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give, but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.

24. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren.

25. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

26. Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

27. and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

28. even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29. And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30. And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

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