Verse 14
Matthew 20:14
Free Bible Version
14
Can't I choose to do what I want with my own money? Why should you give me evil looks because I want to do good?’
Original Language Text
greek
ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε· θέλω δὲ τούτῳ τῷ ἐσχάτῳ δοῦναι ὡς καὶ σοί·
English Translation
Take your own and go; I want to give to this last one as to you.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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He agreed to pay the workers one denarius for the day, and sent them to work in his vineyard.
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Around 9 a.m. he went out and saw others without work standing in the marketplace.
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‘Go and work in the vineyard too, and I'll pay you what's right,’ he told them.
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So they went to work. Around noon and 3 p.m. he went out and did the same thing.
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At 5 p.m. he went out and found others standing there. ‘Why are you standing around all day doing no...
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‘Because nobody has hired us,’ they replied. ‘Go and work in the vineyard too,’ he told them.
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When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, ‘Call the workers in, and pay them th...
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When those who were hired at 5 p.m. came in, they each received one denarius.
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So when those who were hired first came in, they thought they would get more, but they also received...
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When they received their pay, they complained to the owner.
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‘Those who were hired last only worked for an hour, and you've paid them the same as us who worked t...
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The owner answered one of them, ‘My friend, I haven't treated you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me...
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Take your pay and go. I want to pay those who were hired last the same as I paid you.
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Can't I choose to do what I want with my own money? Why should you give me evil looks because I want...
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In this way the last shall be first and the first shall be last.”
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16
On the way to Jerusalem, Yashua (Jesus) took the twelve disciples aside as they walked along and tol...
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“Look, we're going to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and religi...
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and hand him over to the foreigners to mock him, whip him, and crucify him. But on the third day he...
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Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came with her two sons to Yashua (Jesus). She kneeled down be...
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20
“What is it you are asking me for?” Yashua (Jesus) said to her. “Please appoint my sons to sit besid...
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“You don't know what you're asking,” Yashua (Jesus) told them. “Are you able to drink the cup I'm ab...
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“You will certainly drink from my cup,” he said to them, “but the privilege to sit on my right or on...
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When the other ten disciples heard what they had asked, they were annoyed with the two brothers.
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Yashua (Jesus) called them together and told them, “You know that foreign rulers lord it over their...
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It shall not be like that for you. Whoever among you wants to be the most important will be your ser...
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In the same way, the Son of man didn't come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ra...
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27
As they left Jericho, a huge crowd followed Yashua (Jesus).
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Two blind men were sitting at the side of the road. When they heard that Yashua (Jesus) was passing...
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The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David...
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Yashua (Jesus) stopped. He called them over, asking, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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“Lord, please make us able to see,” they replied.
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Yashua (Jesus) had pity on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followe...
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