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

After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But he replied 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 up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.

He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

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

And stopping, Jesus called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

But if we say, ‘From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

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. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,

For many are called, but few are chosen."

And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.

Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.

saying, "Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.'

In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:

so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.

They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,