Matthew 20:17
And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
In Context
16So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called but few chosen.
Cross References
Genesis 18:17And LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do,
Matthew 16:13Now when Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say I, the Son of man, am?
Luke 18:31And having taken along the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets about the Son of man will be completed.
John 15:15I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For 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. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →