Workers in a Vineyard
1 As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said:
Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard. 2 After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day's work, he sent them off to his vineyard.
3 About nine that morning, the man saw some other people standing in the market with nothing to do. 4 He promised to pay them what was fair, if they would work in his vineyard. 5 So they went.
At noon and again about three in the afternoon he returned to the market. And each time he made the same agreement with others who were loafing around with nothing to do.
6 Finally, about five in the afternoon the man went back and found some others standing there. He asked them, “Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?”
7 “Because no one has hired us,” they answered. Then he told them to go work in his vineyard.
8 That evening the owner of the vineyard told the man in charge of the workers to call them in and give them their money. He also told the man to begin with the ones who were hired last. 9 When the workers arrived, the ones who had been hired at five in the afternoon were given a full day's pay.
10 The workers who had been hired first thought they would be given more than the others. But when they were given the same, 11 they began complaining to the owner of the vineyard. 12 They said, “The ones who were hired last worked for only one hour. But you paid them the same that you did us. And we worked in the hot sun all day long!”
13 The owner answered one of them, “Friend, I didn't cheat you. I paid you exactly what we agreed on. 14 Take your money now and go! What business is it of yours if I want to pay them the same that I paid you? 15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?”
16 Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last.”
Jesus Again Tells about His Death
(Mark 10.32-34Luke 18.31-34)17 As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took his twelve disciples aside and told them in private:
18 We are now on our way to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death, 19 and then they will hand him over to foreigners who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death.
A Mother's Request
(Mark 10.35-45)20 The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her two sons. She knelt down and started begging him to do something for her. 21 Jesus asked her what she wanted, and she said, “When you come into your kingdom, please let one of my sons sit at your right side and the other at your left.”
22 Jesus answered, “Not one of you knows what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from?”
James and John said, “Yes, we are!”
23 Jesus replied, “You certainly will drink from my cup! But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for my Father to say.”
24 When the ten other disciples heard this, they were angry with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called the disciples together and said:
You know foreign rulers like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over everyone they rule. 26 But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others. 27 And if you want to be first, you must be the slave of the rest. 28 The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men
(Mark 10.46-52Luke 18.35-43)29 Jesus was followed by a large crowd as he and his disciples were leaving Jericho. 30 Two blind men were sitting beside the road. And when they heard that Jesus was coming their way, they shouted, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”
31 The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”
32 When Jesus heard them, he stopped and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 They answered, “Lord, we want to see!”
34 Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. At once they could see, and they became his followers.
مثل العمّال في الكرم
1 «فمَلكوتُ السّماواتِ كمَثَلِ صاحِبِ كَرْمٍ خرَجَ معَ الفَجْرِ ليَسْتأجِرَ عُمّالاً لِكرمِهِ. 2 فاَتفَقَ معَ العُمّالِ على دينارٍ في اليومِ وأرْسلَهُم إلى كرمِهِ. 3 ثُمّ خرَجَ نحوَ السّاعةِ التّاسِعةِ، فرأى عُمّالاً آخرينَ واقِفين في السّاحَةِ بطّالينَ. 4 فقالَ لهُم: اَذهبوا أنتُمْ أيضًا إلى كَرمي، وسأُعطيكُم ما يَحقّ لكُم، 5 فذَهبوا. وخرَجَ أيضًا نحوَ الظّهرِ، ثُمّ نحوَ السّاعةِ الثّالِثةِ، وعمِلَ الشّيءَ نفسَهُ. 6 وخرَجَ نحوَ الخامِسَةِ مساءً، فلَقيَ عُمّالاً آخرينَ واقفينَ هُناكَ، فقالَ لهُم: ما لكُم واقفينَ هُنا كُلّ النّهارِ بطّالينَ؟ 7 قالوا لَه: ما اَستأجَرَنا أحدٌ. قالَ لهُم: اَذهبوا أنتُم أيضًا إلى كرمي.
8 ولمّا جاءَ المساءُ، قالَ صاحِبُ الكرمِ لوكيلِهِ: أُدْعُ العُمّالَ كُلّهُم واَدفَعْ لهُم أجورَهُم، مُبتدِئًا بالآخِرينَ حتّى تَصِلَ إلى الأوّلينَ. 9 فجاءَ الّذينَ اَستَأْجَرَهُم في الخامِسةِ مساءً وأخَذَ كُلّ واحدٍ منهُم دينارًا. 10 فلمّا جاءَ الأوّلونَ، ظَنّوا أنّهُم سيأخُذونَ زِيادةً، فأخَذوا هُمْ أيضًا دينارًا لِكُلّ واحدٍ مِنهُم. 11 وكانوا يَأْخُذونَهُ وهُمْ يَتذمّرونَ على صاحِبِ الكرمِ، 12 فيقولونَ: هَؤُلاءِ الآخِرونَ عَمِلوا ساعةً واحدةً، فساوَيْتَهُم بِنا نَحنُ الّذينَ اَحتمَلْنا ثِقَلَ النّهارِ وحَرّهُ. 13 فأجابَ صاحِبُ الكرمِ واحدًا مِنهُم: يا صديقي، أنا ما ظَلَمتُكَ. أما اَتّفَقْتُ معَكَ على دينارٍ؟ 14 خُذْ حَقّكَ واَنصرِفْ. فهذا الّذي جاءَ في الآخِرِ أُريدُ أنْ أُعطيَهُ مِثلَكَ، 15 أما يَجوزُ لي أنْ أتصرّفَ بِمالي كيفَما أُريدُ؟ أم أنتَ حسودٌ لأنّي أنا كَريمٌ؟»
16 وقالَ يَسوعُ: «هكذا يَصيرُ الآخِرونَ أوّلينَ، والأوّلونَ آخِرينَ».
يسوع ينبئ مرّة ثالثة بموته وقيامته
(مرقس 10:32-34، لوقا 18:31-34)17 وكانَ يَسوعُ صاعدًا إلى أُورُشليمَ، فأخذَ التّلاميذَ الاثني عشَرَ على اَنفِرادٍ، وقالَ لهُم في الطّريقِ: 18 «ها نَحنُ صاعِدونَ إلى أُورُشليمَ، وسَيُسلّمُ اَبنُ الإنسانِ إلى رُؤساءِ الكَهنَةِ ومُعلّمي الشّريعةِ، فيَحكمونَ علَيهِ بالموتِ 19 ويُسلّمونَهُ إلى أيدي الغُرباءِ، فيَستهزِئونَ بِه ويجلِدونَهُ ويَصلِبونَهُ، وفي اليومِ الثّالثِ يقومُ».
طلب أم يعقوب ويوحنا
(مرقس 10:35-45)20 وجاءَت إلَيهِ أمّ يَعقوبَ ويوحنّا اَبنَي زَبدي ومَعَها اَبناها، وسَجَدَت لَه تَطلُبُ مِنهُ حاجةً. 21 فقالَ لها: «ماذا تُريدينَ؟» قالَت: «مُرْ أنْ يَجلِسَ اَبنايَ هذانِ، واحدٌ عَنْ يمينِكَ وواحدٌ عَنْ شَمالِكَ في مَمْلكتِكَ».
22 فأجابَ يَسوعُ: «أنتُما لا تعرفانِ ما تَطلُبانِ. أتقْدِرانِ أنْ تَشرَبا الكأسَ التي سأشرَبُها؟» قالا لَه: «نقدِرُ!» 23 فقالَ لهُما: «نعم، ستَشرَبانِ كَأسي، وأمّا الجُلوسُ عَنْ يَميني وعَنْ شَمالي فَلا يَحِقّ لي أنْ أُعطيَهُ، لأنّهُ للّذينَ هيّأَهُ لهُم أبي».
24 ولمّا سمِعَ التَّلاميذُ العَشَرَةُ، غَضِبوا على الأخوَينِ. 25 فدعاهُمْ يَسوعُ إلَيهِ وقالَ لهُم: «تَعلَمونَ أنّ رُؤساءَ الأُممِ يَسودونَها، وأنّ عُظماءَها يتَسلّطونَ علَيها، 26 فلا يكُنْ هذا فيكُم. بلْ مَنْ أرادَ أنْ يكونَ عَظيمًا فيكُم، فلْيكُنْ لكُم خادِمًا. 27 ومَنْ أرادَ أنْ يكونَ الأوّلَ فيكُم، فلَيكُنْ لكُم عَبدًا. 28 هكذا اَبنُ الإنسانِ جاءَ لا ليَخدِمَهُ النّاسُ، بلْ ليخدِمَهُم ويَفدي بحياتِهِ كثيرًا منهُم».
يسوع يشفي أعميين
(مرقس 10:46-52، لوقا 18:35-43)29 وبَينَما هُم خارِجونَ مِنْ أريحا، تَبِعَت يَسوعَ جُموعٌ كبيرةٌ. 30 وسَمِعَ أعمَيانِ جالسانِ على جانِبِ الطّريقِ أنّ يَسوعَ يمُرّ مِنْ هُناكَ، فأخذا يَصيحان: «اَرحمنا يا سيّدُ، يا اَبنَ داودَ!»
31 فاَنتَهَرَتْهُما الجُموعُ ليَسكُتا. لكنّهُما صاحا بصوتٍ أعلى: «اَرحَمْنا، يا سيّدُ، يا اَبنَ داودَ!» 32 فوقفَ يَسوعُ وناداهُما وقالَ لهُما: «ماذا تُريدانِ أنْ أعمَلَ لكُما؟» 33 أجابا: «أنْ تَفتَحَ أعيُنَنا، يا سيّدُ!»
34 فأشفقَ يَسوعُ علَيهِما ولَمَسَ أعيُنَهُما، فأبصرا في الحالِ وتَبِعاهُ.
