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"But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.

"And so when those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

"But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

'Take what is yours and go; but I want to give to this last person the same as to you.

But Jesus replied, "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."

He said to them, "My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father."

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them.

"It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant,

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

But the crowd sternly warned them to be quiet; yet they cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

And He said to them, "It is written: 'MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a DEN OF ROBBERS."

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant,

And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to 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 say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen.

But Jesus responded and said to them, "I will also ask you one question, which, if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet."

"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.'

"But he replied, 'I do not want to.' Yet afterward he regretted it and went.

"For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even have second thoughts afterward so as to believe him.

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

"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let's kill him and take possession of his inheritance!'