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1 »El reino de los cielos es también semejante al dueño de una finca que sale por la mañana a contratar obreros para recoger la cosecha.
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 Conviene con ellos en pagarles un denario al día, que es el salario normal, y los pone a trabajar.
2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Un par de horas más tarde, al pasar por la plaza y ver a varios hombres que andan en busca de trabajo,
3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
4 los envía al campo con la promesa de que les pagará lo que sea justo al final de la jornada.
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 »Al mediodía y a las tres de la tarde hace lo mismo.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 »A las cinco de la tarde se encuentra en el pueblo a otros desocupados y les pregunta: “¿Por qué no están trabajando?”.
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 “Porque nadie nos ha contratado”, le responden. “Pues váyanse a trabajar a mi finca, y les pagaré lo que sea justo”.
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 »Por la noche, el pagador fue llamando a cada uno de los obreros para pagarles, comenzando por los últimos que habían contratado.
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 A los que llegaron a las cinco les pagó un denario.
9 “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 Los que habían llegado primero, al ver lo que recibieron los que llegaron de último, pensaron que a ellos se les pagaría mucho más. Pero se les pagó también un denario.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
11 »Claro, inmediatamente uno de ellos protestó ante el dueño:
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
12 “Esa gente trabajó sólo una hora y le están pagando lo mismo que a nosotros que trabajamos de sol a sol”.
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 »“Amigo”, le contestó el dueño, “¿no quedamos en que se te iba a pagar un denario al día?
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
14 Pues tómalo y vete. Y porque quiero pagarle a todos los trabajadores lo mismo, ¡no me vengas ahora con que es injusto que yo haga con mi dinero lo que me plazca! Por tanto, no tienes razón para enojarte”.
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 Not in this translation
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, pues, los primeros serán los últimos y los últimos serán los primeros».
16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
17 Camino de Jerusalén, Jesús tomó a los doce discípulos aparte
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
18 y les habló de lo que le sucedería cuando llegaran a la capital. «Seré entregado a los principales sacerdotes y escribas, y me 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 Luego me entregarán a los romanos, para que se burlen de mí y me crucifiquen. Pero al tercer día resucitaré».
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 En eso se le acercó la esposa de Zebedeo, junto con sus dos hijos, Jacobo y Juan, y se arrodilló ante él.
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
21 ―¿Qué quieres? —le preguntó Jesús. ―Quiero que cuando establezcas tu reino, mis dos hijos se sienten junto a ti en el trono, 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 le dijo: ―¡No sabes lo que estás pidiendo! Y volviéndose a Jacobo y a Juan, les dijo: ―¿Se creen ustedes capaces de beber del terrible vaso del que yo tengo que beber? ¿Y de resistir el bautismo con que voy a ser bautizado? ―Sí —respondieron—. 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 ―Pues a la verdad van a beber de mi vaso —les contestó Jesús— y van a bautizarse con mi bautismo, pero no tengo el derecho de decir quiénes se sentarán junto a mí. Mi Padre es el que lo determina.
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 Los otros diez discípulos se enojaron al enterarse de lo que Jacobo y Juan habían pedido,
24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 pero Jesús los llamó y les dijo: ―En las naciones paganas, los reyes, los tiranos o cualquier funcionario está por encima de sus súbditos.
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 será completamente diferente. El que quiera ser grande debe servir a los demás;
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 ocupar el primer lugar en la lista de honor debe ser esclavo de los demás.
27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
28 Recuerden que yo, el Hijo del hombre, no vine para que me sirvan, sino para servir y dar mi vida en rescate de 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 de Jericó, los seguía un inmenso gentío.
29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 Y dos ciegos que estaban sentados junto al camino, al escuchar que Jesús iba a pasar por allí, se pusieron a gritar: ―¡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 mandó callar, pero ellos gritaron todavía con más fuerza.
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 Cuando Jesús pasó junto a donde estaban, les preguntó: ―¿En qué puedo servirles?
32 Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 ―Señor —le dijeron—, ¡queremos ver!
33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
34 Jesús, compadecido, les tocó los ojos. Al instante pudieron ver; y siguieron a Jesús.
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 (32)
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
- 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)