1 Christ, by the similitude of the labourers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man;
17 foretells his passion;
20 by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his disciples to be lowly;
29 and gives two blind men their sight.

the kingdom. This parable was intended to illustrate the equity of God's dealings, even when 'the first are placed last, and the last first.'

3:2 13:24,31,33,44,45,47 22:2 25:1,14

a man. 9:37,38 21:33-43 So 8:11,12 Isa 5:1,2 Joh 15:1

early. 23:37 So 8:11,12 Jer 25:3,4

labourers. Mr 13:34 1Co 15:58 Heb 13:21 2Pe 1:5-10

2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

he had. 13 Ex 19:5,6 De 5:27-30

a penny. 'The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny.'

18:28 22:19 *margins Lu 10:35 Re 6:6

he sent. 1Sa 2:18,26 3:1,21 16:11,12 1Ki 3:6-11 18:12 2Ch 34:3 Ec 12:1 Lu 1:15 2Ti 3:15

3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

the third. Mr 15:25 Ac 2:15

standing. 6,7 11:16,17 Pr 19:15 Eze 16:49 Ac 17:17-21 1Ti 5:13 Heb 6:12

4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

Go. 9:9 21:23-31 Lu 19:7-10 Ro 6:16-22 1Co 6:11 1Ti 1:12,13 Tit 3:8 1Pe 1:13 4:2,3

and whatsoever. Col 4:1

5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

sixth. 27:45 Mr 15:33,34 Lu 23:44-46 Joh 1:39 4:6 11:9 Ac 3:1 10:3,9

and did. Ge 12:1-4 Jos 24:2,3 2Ch 33:12-19 Heb 11:24-26

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

the eleventh. Ec 9:10 Lu 23:40-43 Joh 9:4

Why. Pr 19:15 Eze 16:49 Ac 17:21 Heb 6:12

7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Because. Ac 4:16 17:30,31 Ro 10:14-17 16:25 Eph 2:11,12 3:5,6 Col 1:26

Go. 22:9,10 Ec 9:10 Lu 14:21-23 Joh 9:4

and. Eph 6:8 Heb 6:105. Issachar 64,300 54,400
6. Zebulun 60,500 57,400

8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

when. 13:39,40 25:19,31 Ro 2:6-10 2Co 5:10 Heb 9:28 Re 20:11,12

unto. Ge 15:2 39:4-6 43:19 Lu 10:7 12:42 16:1,2 1Co 4:1,2 Tit 1:7 1Pe 4:10

9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

they received. 2,6,7 Lu 23:40-43 Ro 4:3-6 5:20,21 Eph 1:6-8 2:8-10 1Ti 1:14-16

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

they murmured. Lu 5:30 15:2,28-30 19:7 Ac 11:2,3 13:45 22:21,22 1Th 2:16 Jude 1:16

12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

wrought but one hour. or, continued one hour only. equal. Lu 14:10,11 Ro 3:22-24,30 Eph 3:6

borne. Isa 58:2,3 Zec 7:3-5 Mal 1:13 3:14 Lu 15:29,30 18:11,12 Ro 3:27 9:30-32 10:1-3 11:5,6 1Co 4:11 2Co 11:23-28

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

Friend. 22:12 26:50

I do. Ge 18:25 Job 34:8-12,17,18 35:2 40:8 Ro 9:14,15,20

14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

thine. 6:2,6,16 2Ki 10:16,30,31 Eze 29:18-20 Lu 15:31 16:25 Ro 3:4,19

I will. Joh 17:2

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

it. 11:25 Ex 33:19 De 7:6-8 1Ch 28:4,5 Jer 27:5-7 Joh 17:2 Ro 9:15-24 11:5,6 1Co 4:7 Eph 1:11 2:1,5 Jas 1:18

Is thine. 6:23 De 15:9 28:54 Pr 23:6 28:22 Mr 7:22 Jas 5:9

because. Jon 4:1-4 Ac 13:45

16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

the last. 8:11,12 19:30 21:31 Mr 10:31 Lu 7:47 13:28-30 15:7 17:17,18 Joh 12:19-22 Ro 5:20 9:30

for. 7:13 22:14 Lu 14:24 Ro 8:30 1Th 2:13 2Th 2:13,14 Jas 1:23-25

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

Jesus. Mr 10:32-34 Lu 18:31-34 Joh 12:12

took. 13:11 16:13 Ge 18:17 Joh 15:15 Ac 10:41

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

and the. 16:21 17:22,23 26:2 Ps 2:1-3 22:1 *etc: Ps 69:1 *etc: Isa 53:1-12 Da 9:24-27 Ac 2:23 4:27,28

they. 26:66 27:1 Mr 14:64,65 Lu 22:71

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

shall deliver. 27:2 *etc: Mr 15:1,16 *etc: Lu 23:1 *etc: Joh 18:28 *etc: Ac 3:13-16 1Co 15:3-7

to mock. 26:67,68 27:27-31 Ps 22:7,8 35:16 Isa 53:3 Mr 14:65 Mr 15:16-20,29-31 Lu 23:11 Joh 19:1-4

the third. 12:40 16:21 Isa 26:19 Ho 6:2 Lu 24:46 1Co 15:4

20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

came. Mr 10:35

the mother. 4:21 27:56 Mr 15:40

Salome. worshipping. 2:11 8:2 14:33 15:25 28:17

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

What. 32 1Ki 3:5 Es 5:3 Mr 6:22 10:36,51 Lu 18:41 Joh 15:7

Grant. 18:1 19:28 Jer 45:5 Mr 10:37 Lu 22:24 Ro 12:10 Phm 1:2,3

the one. 1Ki 2:19 Ps 45:9 110:1 Mr 16:19 Ro 8:34 Col 3:1

in thy. Lu 17:20,21 19:11 Ac 1:6

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

Ye know not. Mr 10:38 Ro 8:26 Jas 4:3

the cup. 26:39,42 Ps 75:3 Jer 25:15 *etc: Mr 14:36 Lu 22:42 Joh 18:11

baptized with the. Mr 10:39 Lu 12:50

We. 26:35,56 Pr 16:18

23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Ye. Ac 12:2 Ro 8:17 2Co 1:7 Col 1:24 2Ti 2:11,12 Re 1:9

to sit. Rather, 'to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, except to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.'

for. 25:34 Mr 10:40 1Co 2:9 Heb 11:16

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

they. Pr 13:10 Mr 10:41 Lu 22:23-25 1Co 13:4 Php 2:3 Jas 3:14-18 Jas 4:1,5,6 1Pe 5:5

25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

called. 11:29 18:3,4 Joh 13:12-17

the princes. Mr 10:42 Lu 22:25-27

exercise dominion. Da 2:12,13,37-45 3:2-7,15,19-22 5:19

26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

it. 23:8-12 Mr 9:35 10:43,45 Lu 14:7-11 18:14 Joh 18:36 2Co 1:24 10:4-10 1Pe 5:3 3Jo 1:9,10 Re 13:11-17 17:6

minister. 25:44 27:55 Eze 24:13 Ac 13:5 2Ti 1:18 Phm 1:13 Heb 1:14 1Pe 4:11

27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

whosoever. 18:4 Mr 9:33-35 Lu 22:26 Ac 20:34,35 Ro 1:14 1Co 9:19-23 2Co 4:5 11:5,23-27 12:15

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.

came. Lu 22:27 Joh 13:4-17 Php 2:4-8 Heb 5:8

and to. Job 33:24 Ps 49:7 Isa 53:5,8,10,11 Da 9:24-26 Joh 10:15 Joh 11:50-52 Ro 3:24-26 Ga 3:13 Eph 1:7 5:2 1Ti 2:6 Tit 2:14 Heb 9:28 1Pe 1:18,19 2:24 3:18 Re 1:5 5:8,9

for. 26:28 Mr 14:24 Ro 5:15-19 Heb 9:28 1Jo 2:2

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

Mr 10:46-52 Lu 18:35-43

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

two. 9:27-31 12:22 21:14 Ps 146:8 Isa 29:18 35:5,6 42:16,18 Isa 59:10 61:1,2 Mr 10:46 Lu 4:18 7:21 Joh 9:1 *etc:

Have. 12:23 15:22 21:9 22:42 Ac 2:30 Ro 1:3,4

31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

rebuked. 15:23 19:13

but they cried. 7:7,8 Ge 32:25-29 Lu 11:8-10 18:1 *etc: Lu 18:39 Col 4:2 1Th 5:17

32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

What. 21 Eze 36:37 Ac 10:29 Php 4:6

33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

Lord. Ps 119:18 Eph 1:17-19

34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Jesus. 9:36 14:14 15:32 Ps 145:8 Lu 7:13 Joh 11:33-35 Heb 2:17 Heb 4:15,16 1Pe 3:8

touched. 9:29 Mr 7:33 Lu 22:51 Joh 9:6,7

and they. 8:15 Ps 119:67,71 Lu 18:43 Ac 26:18