Matthew · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Matthew 20 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Porque el reino de los cielos es semejante a un dueño de casa que salió muy temprano para contratar obreros para su viña.
1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2 Después de ponerse de acuerdo con los obreros en pagarles un denario por el día, los envió a su viña.
2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Salió cerca de la hora tercera, y vio a otros que estaban en la plaza sin trabajo.
3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4 Les dijo: Vayan también ustedes a mi viña, y les pagaré lo justo. Y ellos fueron.
4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
5 Volvió a salir cerca de la hora sexta y de la hora novena, e hizo lo mismo.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 Cerca de la hora undécima salió y encontró a otros que estaban sin trabajo. Les dijo: ¿Por qué han estado aquí todo el día sin trabajar?
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
7 Ellos le respondieron: Porque nadie nos ha contratado. Él les dijo: Vayan también ustedes a la viña.
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
8 Cuando llegó la tarde, el dueño de la viña dijo a su encargado: Llama a los obreros y págales su salario, empezando por los últimos hasta llegar a los primeros.
8 “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
9 Cuando llegaron los que habían sido contratados cerca de la hora undécima, cada uno recibió un denario.
9 “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 Al venir los primeros, pensaron que recibirían más; pero ellos también recibieron un denario cada uno.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
11 Al recibirlo, murmuraban contra el dueño de la casa,
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
12 diciendo: Estos últimos trabajaron solo una hora, y los has tratado igual que a nosotros, que hemos soportado el peso del día y el calor.
12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
13 Pero él respondió a uno de ellos: Amigo, no te hago ninguna injusticia. ¿No te pusiste de acuerdo conmigo por un denario?
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
14 Toma lo que es tuyo y vete. Yo quiero darle a este último lo mismo que a ti.
14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
15 ¿No tengo derecho de hacer lo que quiero con lo mío? ¿O tienes envidia porque soy bueno?
15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
16 Así, los últimos serán primeros, y los primeros serán últimos; porque muchos son llamados, pero pocos escogidos.
16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
17 Mientras Jesús subía a Jerusalén, tomó aparte a los doce discípulos y les dijo en el camino:
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
18 Miren, subimos a Jerusalén. El Hijo del Hombre será entregado a los principales sacerdotes y a los escribas, y ellos lo condenarán a muerte.
18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
19 Lo entregarán a los gentiles para que se burlen de él, lo azoten y lo crucifiquen; pero al tercer día resucitará.
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
20 Entonces se acercó a Jesús la madre de los hijos de Zebedeo, con sus hijos. Se postró ante él para pedirle algo.
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
21 Jesús le dijo: ¿Qué quieres? Ella respondió: Ordena que en tu reino estos dos hijos míos se sienten uno a tu derecha y el otro a tu izquierda.
21 He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
22 Pero Jesús respondió: Ustedes no saben lo que piden. ¿Pueden beber la copa que yo voy a beber, y ser bautizados con el bautismo con que yo soy bautizado? Ellos le dijeron: Podemos.
22 But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
23 Él les dijo: En verdad beberán de mi copa, y serán bautizados con el bautismo con que yo soy bautizado; pero sentarse a mi derecha y a mi izquierda no me toca a mí darlo, sino que es para aquellos para quienes mi Padre lo ha preparado.
23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
24 Cuando los otros diez oyeron esto, se enojaron contra los dos hermanos.
24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 Pero Jesús los llamó y dijo: Ustedes saben que los gobernantes de las naciones se enseñorean de ellas, y los grandes ejercen autoridad sobre ellas.
25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26 Pero entre ustedes no será así. Al contrario, el que quiera hacerse grande entre ustedes deberá ser su servidor.
26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
27 Y el que quiera ser el primero entre ustedes deberá ser su siervo,
27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
28 así como el Hijo del Hombre no vino para ser servido, sino para servir y para dar su vida en rescate por muchos.
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
29 Al salir ellos de Jericó, mucha gente lo siguió.
29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 Dos ciegos estaban sentados junto al camino. Cuando oyeron que Jesús pasaba, gritaron: ¡Señor, Hijo de David, ten misericordia de nosotros!
30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
31 La gente los reprendía para que se callaran, pero ellos gritaban aún más fuerte: ¡Señor, Hijo de David, ten misericordia de nosotros!
31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
32 Jesús se detuvo, los llamó y dijo: ¿Qué quieren que haga por ustedes?
32 Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 Ellos le dijeron: Señor, que nuestros ojos sean abiertos.
33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
34 Jesús, movido a compasión, les tocó los ojos. Enseguida recibieron la vista y lo siguieron.
34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
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Zebedee
A fisherman in whose boat his sons James and John were mending nets when Jesus called them; they left him in the boat with the hired men.
Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 20:20; Mark 1:20
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 13:47; Matthew 13:24; 1 Corinthians 15:58; John 15:1; Hebrews 13:21
- 2 Exodus 19:5–6; Matthew 22:19; Luke 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:15; Matthew 18:28
- 3 1 Timothy 5:13; Proverbs 19:15; Matthew 20:6–7; Mark 15:25; Acts 17:17–21
- 4 1 Peter 4:2–3; Romans 6:16–22; Luke 19:7–10; Matthew 9:9; Titus 3:8
- 5 Joshua 24:2–3; Mark 15:33–34; Hebrews 11:24–26; Acts 3:1; Luke 23:44–46
- 6 John 9:4; Acts 17:21; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 19:15; Luke 23:40–43
- 7 Ephesians 2:11–12; Hebrews 6:10; Acts 17:30–31; Acts 4:16; Matthew 22:9–10
- 8 Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Peter 4:10; Romans 2:6–10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Titus 1:7
- 9 Romans 4:3–6; Ephesians 2:8–10; Ephesians 1:6–8; Matthew 20:2; Luke 23:40–43
- 11 Luke 19:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Jude 16; Acts 11:2–3; Acts 22:21–22
- 12 Romans 11:5–6; 2 Corinthians 11:23–28; Luke 14:10–11; 1 Corinthians 4:11; Luke 18:11–12
- 13 Matthew 26:50; Matthew 22:12; Romans 9:14–15; Job 34:8–12; Job 35:2
- 14 John 17:2; Luke 15:31; Ezekiel 29:18–20; Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:6
- 15 Romans 9:15–24; Deuteronomy 15:9; Mark 7:22; Exodus 33:19; Matthew 6:23
- 16 Matthew 19:30; Mark 10:31; Matthew 22:14; Luke 13:28–30; Luke 15:7
- 17 Mark 10:32–34; Luke 18:31–34; Matthew 13:11; John 15:15; Genesis 18:17
- 18 Matthew 16:21; Acts 2:23; Matthew 27:1; Matthew 26:2; Matthew 17:22–23
- 19 Matthew 16:21; Mark 15:16–20; 1 Corinthians 15:3–7; Acts 2:23; Isaiah 53:3
- 20 Mark 10:35–45; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 27:56; Matthew 2:11
- 21 Matthew 19:28; Mark 10:36–37; Psalm 110:1; Esther 5:3; 1 Kings 3:5
- 22 Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:42; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; John 18:11
- 23 Revelation 1:9; Mark 10:40; Matthew 25:34; Acts 12:2; 2 Timothy 2:11–12
- 24 James 4:5–6; 1 Peter 5:5; Luke 22:23–25; Philippians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 13:4
- 25 Luke 22:25–27; Matthew 20:25–28; John 13:12–17; Mark 10:42; Matthew 18:3–4
- 26 Mark 10:43; Mark 9:35; Mark 10:45; 1 Peter 5:3; Luke 18:14
- 27 Luke 22:26; Mark 9:33–35; Matthew 18:4; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Romans 1:14
- 28 Luke 22:27; Hebrews 9:28; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 3:18; Philippians 2:4–8
- 29 Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43; Matthew 9:27–31
- 30 Mark 10:46; Matthew 12:22–23; Matthew 22:42; Matthew 21:9; Isaiah 42:16
- 31 Matthew 19:13; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Luke 18:1–8; Luke 11:8–10
- 32 Ezekiel 36:37; Philippians 4:6; Matthew 20:21; Acts 10:29
- 33 Psalm 119:18; Ephesians 1:17–19
- 34 Matthew 9:29; Psalm 145:8; Hebrews 4:15–16; Luke 22:51; Luke 7:13
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Ye have heard out of the Holy Gospel a parable well suited to the present season, concerning the labourers in the vineyard. For now is the time of the material vintage. Now there is also a spiritual vintage, wherein God rejoiceth in the fruit of His vineyard. For we cultivate God, and God cultivateth us.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
He goeth not up at once to Jerusalem when He is come out of Galilee, but having first wrought miracles, and having stopped the mouths of Pharisees, and having discoursed with His disciples of renouncing possessions: for, "if thou wilt be perfect," saith He, "sell that thou hast:" and of virginity, "He that is able to receive, let him receive …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
They maintain also, that these thirty Æons are most plainly indicated in the parable of the labourers sent into the vineyard.
Of these two, the two blind men also are a figure, who sat by the way side, to whom the Lord gave sight. And if ye pay attention to the Scriptures, ye will find the two Churches, which are not two but One, figured out in many places.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of the heavens, that whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in Heaven." How then is it not "His to give to sit on His right hand, and on His left," when He saith, "I will give thee"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)