019:023 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you,
a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
019:024 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."
019:025 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, "Who then can be saved?"
019:026 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible,
but with God all things are possible."
019:027 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything,
and followed you. What then will we have?"
019:028 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly 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.
019:029 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father,
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
019:030 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
020:001 "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.
020:002 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius
is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus.
This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day,
he sent them into his vineyard.
020:003 He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise
to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw
others standing idle in the marketplace.
020:004 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever
is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon
and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.
020:006 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found
others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand
here all day idle?'
020:007 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
"He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you
will receive whatever is right.'
020:008 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.'
020:009 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came,
they each received a denarius.
020:010 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more;
and they likewise each received a denarius.
020:011 When they received it, they murmured against the master
of the household,
020:012 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made
them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day
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