5. So they went. "He went out again about noon and at three o'clock and did the same thing.
6. About five o'clock 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 spoke to the person who was in charge of the workers. He said, 'Call the workers and give them their pay. Begin with the last ones I hired. Then go on to the first ones.'
9. "The workers who were hired about five o'clock came. Each received the usual day's pay.
10. So when those who were hired first came, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received the usual day's pay.
11. "When they received it, they began to complain about the owner.
12. 'These people who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said. 'You have paid them the same as us. We have done most of the work and have been in the hot sun all day.'
13. "The owner answered one of them. 'Friend,' he said, 'I'm being fair to you. Didn't you agree to work for the usual day's pay?
14. Take your money and go. I want to give the ones I hired last the same pay I gave you.
15. Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Do you feel cheated because I gave so freely to the others?'
16. "So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last."
17. Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the 12 disciples to one side to talk to them.
18. "We are going up to Jerusalem," he said. "The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will sentence him to death.
19. Then they will turn him over to people who are not Jews. The people will make fun of him and whip him. They will nail him to a cross. On the third day, he will rise from the dead!"
20. The mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus. Her sons came with her. Getting on her knees, she asked a favor of him.