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            <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He agreed to pay them a denarius</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:2 </span><span class="ft">A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">for the day and sent them into his vineyard.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He told them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So they went.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.20.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, &#8216;Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Because no one has hired us,&#8217; they answered.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He said to them, &#8216;You also go and work in my vineyard.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, &#8216;Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;These who were hired last worked only one hour,&#8217; they said, &#8216;and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But he answered one of them, &#8216;I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn&#8217;t you agree to work for a denarius?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;So the last will be first, and the first will be last.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Mother&#8217;s Request</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is it you want?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="content">She said, &#8220;Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You don&#8217;t know what you are asking,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus said to them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="content">&#8220;We can,&#8221; they answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus called them together and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and whoever wants to be first must be your slave&#8212;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">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.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Blind Men Receive Sight</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.20.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.20.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Jesus stopped and called them. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.20.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord,&#8221; they answered, &#8220;we want our sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.20.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">39</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do you count the months till they bear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">Do you know the time they give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They crouch down and bring forth their young;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">their labor pains are ended.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">they leave and do not return.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who let the wild donkey go free?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">Who untied its ropes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I gave it the wasteland as its home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">the salt flats as its habitat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It laughs at the commotion in the town;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">it does not hear a driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It ranges the hills for its pasture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">and searches for any green thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">Will it stay by your manger at night?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">Will it till the valleys behind you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will you rely on it for its great strength?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Can you trust it to haul in your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">and bring it to your threshing floor?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">though they cannot compare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She lays her eggs on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">and lets them warm in the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">unmindful that a foot may crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">that some wild animal may trample them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for God did not endow her with wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">or give her a share of good sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">she laughs at horse and rider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you give the horse its strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you make it leap like a locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">striking terror with its proud snorting?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">and charges into the fray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">it does not shy away from the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The quiver rattles against its side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">along with the flashing spear and lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, &#8216;Aha!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">and spread its wings toward the south?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Does the eagle soar at your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">and build its nest on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From there it looks for food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">its eyes detect it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its young ones feast on blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="content">and where the slain are, there it is.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.8.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father&#8217;s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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