12. They said, ‘Those people were hired last and worked only one hour. But you paid them the same as us. And we worked hard all day in the hot sun.’
13. “But the man who owned the field said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am being fair with you. You agreed to work for one silver coin. Right?
14. So take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same pay I gave you.
15. I can do what I want with my own money. Why would you be jealous because I am generous?’
16. “So those who are last now will be first in the future. And those who are first now will be last in the future.”
17. Jesus was going to Jerusalem. His twelve followers were with him. While they were walking, he gathered the followers together and spoke to them privately. He said to them,
18. “We are going to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the leading priests and the teachers of the law, and they will say he must die.