20 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like this: a landowner went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the workers to pay them one denarius for the day, he sent them off to work in his vineyard. 3 Around nine a.m. he went out and saw other people standing idle in the marketplace. 4 ‘You go and work in the vineyard too, and I will pay you what is right,’ he said to them. So they went. 5 Around noon and three p.m. he went out and did the same thing. 6 About five p.m. he went out and found more people standing idle. ‘Why have you been standing around all day doing nothing?’ he asked them. 7 ‘Because nobody hired us,’ they answered. ‘You go and work in my vineyard too,’ he said to them. 8 When evening came, the vineyard owner said to his manager, ‘Call the workers in and pay them their wages, starting with the last workers up to the first.’ 9 When those who were hired at five p.m. came in, they each received one denarius. 10 So when those who were hired first came, they thought they would get more, but they also received one denarius. 11 When they received their pay, they complained to the owner, 12 ‘Those who were hired last only worked for an hour, and you have paid them the same as us who worked the whole day in the burning heat.’  13 The owner answered one of them, ‘My friend, I have not treated you unfairly. Did you not agree with me to work for one denarius? 14 Take your pay and leave. I choose to give to the last workers the same as I gave to you. 15 Is it wrong for me to do what I want with my own money? Are you envious because I want to be generous?’ 16 So the last will be first and the first will be last.”
    17 On his way up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said to them,  18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and religious teachers, and they will condemn him to death. 19 They will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock and flog and crucify him.[169] But on the third day[170] he will be raised from the dead.”
    20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her sons to Jesus and knelt down before him to make a request. 21 Jesus said to her, “What is it that you want?” She asked, “Command that in your Kingdom my two sons may sit one on your right and the other on your left.” 22 Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup I am about to drink?” They responded, “Yes, we can.” 23 He said to them, “You certainly will drink my cup, but to sit on my right or on my left is not mine to give. These places are prepared for those my Father chooses.”
    24 When the other ten disciples heard what they had asked, they were upset with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate their people, and those in power tyrannize them. 26 It should not be like that with you. Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,  27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom in place of many.”
    29 As they were leaving Jericho, a huge crowd followed Jesus. 30 Two blind men were sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted out, “Please have mercy on us, lord,[171] son of David!”  31 The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they shouted even more, “Please have mercy on us, lord, son of David!” 32 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.  33 They replied, “lord, we want to be able to see.” 34 Jesus felt compassion for them and touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they followed him.