Matthew 20

Gen Z: Matthew 20

1The kingdom of heaven is like a dude who owns a crib and dips out early to scoop some workers for his vineyard.

2He vibes with the workers for a chill penny a day and sends them into his vineyard.

3Then he rolls out around the third hour and sees some peeps just standing there, looking sus in the marketplace.

4He tells them, "Yo, hit up the vineyard, and I’ll hook you up with what’s fair." So they bounce.

5He does the same thing around the sixth and ninth hour, just keepin’ it consistent.

6Then at the eleventh hour, he finds more peeps just chilling and asks, "Why y’all just vibing here all day?"

7They reply, "No one’s hired us." He’s like, "Bet, go to the vineyard, and you’ll get what’s right."

8When evening hit, the boss of the vineyard tells his manager, "Call the workers and pay them, starting from the last to the first."

9So the ones hired at the eleventh hour roll up, and each gets a penny.

10But when the first ones came, they thought they’d get more, but they also got a penny each, no cap.

11When they got their cash, they started lowkey complaining about the boss man.

12They were like, "These last peeps only worked an hour, and you treat them like us who grinded all day. That's sus."

13But he hit back, "Yo, I ain't done you wrong, did we not agree on a penny?"

14"Take what's yours and bounce; I’m giving this last dude the same as you."

15"Ain't it my right to do what I want with my stuff? You mad 'cause I'm good?"

16"So the last are gonna be first, and the first last: lots get called, but few are chosen, fr."

17Then Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, pulled the twelve disciples aside, and said,

18"Check it, we’re heading to Jerusalem; the Son of Man's gonna get betrayed by the big shots and the scribes, and they’ll put him to death."

19"They’ll hand him over to the Gentiles to roast him, whip him, and nail him up: but on the third day, he’s gonna pop off and rise again."

20Then the mom of Zebedee's kids came to him with her sons, vibing and wanting something from him.

21He was like, "What do you want?" She said, "Can my two sons chill, one on your right and the other on your left in your kingdom?"

22But Jesus was like, "Y'all don’t even know what you're asking. Can you handle the cup I'm about to drink and the baptism I'm about to go through?" They replied, "We got this."

23He told them, "You will drink from my cup and be baptized like me, but sitting on my right or left? That's not mine to give; it's for those my Father has ready."

24When the ten heard this, they were lowkey mad at the two bros.

25Jesus called them over and said, "You know the bosses of the Gentiles flex their power, and the big shots rule over them."

26But it ain't like that with you: whoever wants to be great, gotta be your hype man;

27and whoever wants to be the GOAT, gotta be your servant.

28Just like the Son of Man came to serve, not to be served, and to give his life as a total sacrifice for many.

29As they left Jericho, a huge crowd was vibin' and following him.

30And, check it, two blind guys chilling by the road, when they heard Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

31The crowd was like, "Chill, fam," but they were like, "Nah, we need your mercy, Lord, Son of David, fr."

32Jesus paused, called them over, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

33They replied, "Lord, we just wanna see, no cap."

34Jesus felt for them, touched their eyes, and boom—suddenly they could see and started vibing with him.

KJV: Matthew 20

1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

20Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.

21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

29And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

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