Day 8 of 90

Matt 19:1–21:46

19:1 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

19:2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

19:3 The Pharisees came, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

19:4 He answered, and said, "Have not you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

19:5 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

19:6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, do not let man tear apart."

19:7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce, and divorce her?"

19:8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

19:9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

19:10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

19:11 But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

19:13 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

19:14 But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and do not forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these."

19:15 He placed his hands on them, and departed from there.

19:16 Behold, one came to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"

19:17 He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? No one is good but one. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

19:18 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'

19:19 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

19:20 The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed. What do I still lack?"

19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

19:22 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

19:23 Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

19:25 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"

19:26 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

19:27 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

19:28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

19:29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

19:30 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

20:1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

20:2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

20:3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

20:4 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'

20:7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

20:8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

20:9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

20:10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

20:11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

20:12 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'

20:13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

20:14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

20:15 Is not it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last."

20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside, and on the way he said to them,

20:18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

20:19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."

20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

20:21 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

20:22 But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

20:23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

20:24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

20:25 But 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.

20:26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant.

20:27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

20:28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

20:29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

20:30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, shouted, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

20:31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they shouted even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

20:32 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

20:33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

20:34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

21:1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

21:2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.

21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."

21:4 This took place that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

21:5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

21:6 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus directed them,

21:7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and placed their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

21:8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.

21:9 The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

21:10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

21:11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

21:12 Jesus entered into the temple, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

21:13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

21:14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,

21:16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"

21:17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

21:18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.

21:20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"

21:21 Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.

21:22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

21:23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

21:24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

21:25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from man?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

21:26 But if we say, 'From man,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

21:27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

21:28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

21:29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

21:30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he did not go.

21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

21:33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went on a journey.

21:34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

21:35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.

21:37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

21:39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."

21:42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

21:43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.

21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

21:46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.