Peter asked, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee. What shall
we have? Jesus said, Verily, at the regeneration, when the Son of man
shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye who have followed me shall
also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Everyone who has forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father,
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall
receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many
that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
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The kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the
morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. When he had agreed with the
laborers for a coin a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Then, about
the third hour he went out and saw others standing idle in the
marketplace. He said to them, Go ye also into my vineyard and whatever
is right I will give you.
He went out again about the sixth and the ninth hour and did the same.
About the eleventh hour he went out, found others standing idle, and
said, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They answered, Because no man
has hired us. He then replied, Go ye also into the vineyard and
whatever is right you shall receive.
When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call
the laborers and give them their pay, beginning from the last unto the
first. When those who were hired about the eleventh hour came, every
man received a coin. But when the first came, supposing they should
receive more, they each also received a coin. When they received it,
they murmured against the good man of the house and said, These last
have worked but one hour and thou has made them equal to those of us
who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
He answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong. Did thou
not agree with me for a coin? Take what is thine and go thy way. I will
give to the last the same as I give to thee. Is it not lawful for me to
do what I will with my own coins? Must you see evil in my goodness?
So, the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called,
but few are chosen. Then Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve
disciples aside and said, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem where the Son
of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and scribes. They will
condemn Him to death. They will deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock,
scourge, and crucify Him. And on the third day He shall rise again.
The mother of the sons of Zebedee and her sons, James and John,
approached Jesus. She praised Him, desiring something of Him. He said
to her, What wilt thou? She replied, Grant that my two sons may sit,
one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. But
Jesus answered, 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?
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