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The Book of Jesus Chapter Thirteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
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Parable Of The Vineyard Laborers
JESUS.
Many who are first will be last, and the last, first. For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a property owner who went out at daybreak to
hire workers for his vineyard. When he had made an agreement with the workers for one denarius a day, he sent them to his vineyard.
At around nine o'clock he went out and saw others standing idle in the market place and said to them, 'You, go to my vineyard also
and I will give you a fair wage.' So they went. Around twelve noon and again at around three o'clock he went out and did the same.
Then at around five o'clock he went out and found some more men standing around, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing
idle here all day?' "Because no one's hired us," they answered. He said to them, 'You also go into my vineyard.'
That evening, the owner of the vineyard said to his paymaster, 'Call the workers in and pay them their wages, start with the men who
arrived last and end with those who were first.' When the men who were hired around five o'clock came forward, they each received
one denarius. Now when the men who had been hired first and had been working all day came forward, they expected to receive
more, but they also received one denarius each. They took it, but started complaining to owner of the property. 'The men who came
last?' they said, 'only worked one hour, and you've treated them the same as us, even though we had the burden of the day's work and
worked all day in the scorching heat.' The property owner answered one of them and said, 'My friend, I'm not being unjust to you;
didn't we agree that you would be paid one denarius? Take what you've earned and go. Don't I have the right to do what ever I want to
do with what's mine, or are you jealous, because I am generous?' In this manner the last will be first, and the first, last.
Matthew 19:30-20:1-16; Mark 10:31
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Jesus Clarifies His Death
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NARRATOR.
Now they were on the road on the way up to Jerusalem and Jesus was walking on ahead of them. They were in a daze, and as they
followed they were afraid. Jesus again took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.
JESUS.
Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that has been written through the prophets about the Son of Man is to come true.
The Son of Man is about to be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and will hand him
over to a people who don't believe in God. They will mock him, mistreat him, spit on him, and when they have whipped him, they
will crucify him and put him to death. After three days he will rise again.
NARRATOR.
But they couldn't make any sense of what he said. The meaning of the words he spoke was hidden to them and they had no idea what
it meant.
Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34
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James And John Make Their Request
NARRATOR.
The mother of Zebedee's sons then came to Jesus with her sons to make a request of him and bowed low. James and John said to him:
JAMES/JOHN.
Master, we'd like to ask you to do us a favor.
JESUS.
What is it that you would you like me to do for you?
MOTHER.
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