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"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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

"When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.

"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?

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

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."

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to Me.

"SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, HUMBLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A DONKEY.'"

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."

And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves alone; and He said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered.

"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.'

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and he leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.

They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other vine-growers, who will pay him the fruit in the proper seasons."

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?

"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

And although they sought to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, since they considered Him to be a prophet.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who held a wedding feast for his son.