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.
21. "What do you want?" Jesus asked. She said, "Promise me that one of my two sons may sit at your right hand in your kingdom. Promise that the other one may sit at your left hand."
22. "You don't know what you're asking for," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup of suffering I am going to drink?" "We can," they answered.
23. Jesus said to them, "You will certainly drink from my cup. But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or left hand. These places belong to those my Father has prepared them for."
24. The other ten disciples heard about this. They became angry at the two brothers.
25. Jesus called them together. He said, "You know about the rulers of the nations. They hold power over their people. Their high officials order them around.