Verse 25
Matthew 20:25
World English Bible, British Edition
25
But Yashua (Jesus) summoned them, and said,
“You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority
over them.
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· Οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν.
English Translation
But Jesus, having called them together, said: "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them."
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Chapter 20 Context
1
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in
th...
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2
When he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius
a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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3
He went out about the third hour,
and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
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4
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they wen...
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5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,
and did likewise.
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6
About the eleventh hour
he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you sta...
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7
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,...
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8
“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the labourers and pay
th...
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9
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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10
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a
d...
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11
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
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12
saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burde...
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13
“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denar...
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14
Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to
y...
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15
Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?...
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16
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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17
As Yashua (Jesus) was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples
aside, and on the way he s...
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18
“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and...
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19
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he wil...
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20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her
sons, kneeling and asking a certain thin...
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21
He said to her,
“What do you want?”
She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one...
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22
But Yashua (Jesus) answered,
“You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that...
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23
He said to them,
“You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptised with the baptism that I am baptised...
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24
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
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25
But Yashua (Jesus) summoned them, and said,
“You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over th...
26
It shall not be so amongst you; but whoever desires to become great amongst you shall be
your servan...
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27
Whoever desires to be first amongst you shall be your bondservant,
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28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for man...
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29
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
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30
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Yashua (Jesus)
was passing by, cried...
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31
The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
but they cried out even more, “L...
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32
Yashua (Jesus) stood still and called them, and asked,
“What do you want me to do for you?”
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33
They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
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34
Yashua (Jesus), being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes received...
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