Prispodoba o radnicima u vinogradu
1“Jer s nebeskim je kraljevstvom kao s vinogradarom koji rano ujutro iziđe unajmiti radnike za vinograd. 2Pogodi se s radnicima za uobičajenu nadnicu20:2 U grčkome: za denar. i pošalje ih u vinograd.
3Oko devet sati20:3 U grčkome: oko treće ure. (Iako je u Židova dan započinjao zalaskom sunca, sati su se brojili od njegova izlaska.) ponovno prođe trgom i ugleda druge da stoje besposleni 4te i njima reče: ‘Idite i vi raditi u moj vinograd pa ću vam platiti koliko bude pravedno.’ 5U podne i oko tri sata učini isto. 6A kad je opet izišao na trg u pet sati popodne, ondje nađe još radnika. ‘Zašto stojite i besposličarite?’ upita ih.
7‘Jer nas nitko nije unajmio’, odgovore mu. ‘Idite onda i vi raditi u moj vinograd’, reče im.
8Uvečer reče predradniku: ‘Pozovi radnike i plati im: najprije onima koji su zadnji došli, a onda onima koji su prvi počeli raditi.’ 9Radnici unajmljeni u pet sati dobili su punu nadnicu. 10Nato oni koji su prvi došli raditi pomisle da će dobiti više, ali i oni prime jednako. 11Odmah počnu prigovarati vinogradaru: 12‘Ovi zadnji radili su samo uru vremena, a ti si im platio jednako kao nama koji smo cijeli dan teško radili i trpjeli žegu!’
13Jednome od njih on odgovori: ‘Prijatelju, nisam nepravedan prema tebi. Nisi li se pogodio sa mnom za toliko? 14Uzmi svoje i odlazi. A ja želim ovomu zadnjemu dati koliko i tebi. 15Nemam li pravo s vlastitim novcem činiti što me volja? Ili si zavidan što sam dobar prema njima?’
16Oni koji su sada prvi tada će biti na zadnjemu mjestu, a oni koje ovdje smatraju zadnjima ondje će biti najveći.”
Isus ponovno naviješta svoju smrt
(Mk 10:32-34; Lk 18:31-34)
17Putujući prema Jeruzalemu, Isus povede Dvanaestoricu nasamo te im reče: 18“Evo, ulazimo u Jeruzalem. Tamo će Sina Čovječjega predati svećeničkim glavarima i pismoznancima, koji će ga osuditi na smrt 19i predati Rimljanima20:19 U grčkome: poganima. da mu se izruguju, da ga bičuju i da ga raspnu. Ali treći dan će uskrsnuti.”
Treba služiti drugima
(Mk 10:35-45; Lk 22:24-27)
20Tada dođe majka Zebedejevih sinova Jakova i Ivana skupa sa sinovima te mu se ničice pokloni da ga nešto zamoli. 21“Što želiš?” upita ju Isus. Ona reče: “Zapovjedi da moji sinovi u tvojemu kraljevstvu sjednu pokraj tebe, jedan zdesna, a drugi slijeva.”
22Isus odgovori: “Ne znate što tražite. Možete li vi ispiti gorku čašu20:22 U grčkome: samo čašu ili kalež. iz koje ću ja piti?”
“Možemo!” odgovore oni.
23A on reče: “Zaista ćete piti iz moje čaše, ali nije na meni da odredim tko će sjediti meni slijeva ili zdesna. Ta su mjesta za one kojima ih je pripravio moj Otac.”
24Kad su to čula ostala desetorica učenika, naljute se na braću. 25Zato ih Isus dozove k sebi i reče: “Vi znate da vladari svijeta okrutno postupaju s narodom i da moćnici nad njim vladaju stegom. 26Neće tako biti među vama! Naprotiv, tko želi biti najveći među vama, neka vam bude sluga. 27Tko želi biti najveći od svih, neka vam bude robom. 28Jer ni Sin Čovječji nije došao da mu služe, već da on služi drugima i dade svoj život kao otkupninu za mnoge.”
Isus iscjeljuje slijepce u Jerihonu
(Mk 10:46-52; Lk 18:35-43)
29Kad su Isus i učenici izlazili iz grada Jerihona, za njim je pošlo silno mnoštvo. 30Kraj puta su sjedila dvojica slijepaca. Kad su čuli da Isus prolazi, povikali su: “Gospodine, sine Davidov, smiluj nam se!” 31Ljudi su ih stišavali, ali oni poviču još glasnije: “Gospodine, sine Davidov, smiluj nam se!”
32Kad Isus to začuje, zaustavi se, pozove ih i upita: “Što hoćete da vam učinim?”
33“Da progledamo, Gospodine!” rekoše. 34Isus se sažali nad njima i dotakne im oči. Oni smjesta progledaju i krenu za Isusom.
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius20:2 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer. for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went.
“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. 6About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’
7“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
8“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
9“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
13“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
17Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, 18“We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death 19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
A Mother’s Request
20Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21“What is it you want?” he asked.
She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”
22“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”
“We can,” they answered.
23Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”
24When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Two Blind Men Receive Sight
29As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
33“Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”
34Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
