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Matthew 20:15 (CEV)
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Why should you be jealous, if I want to be generous?”
Matthew 20:16 (CEV)
Jesus then said, “So it is. Everyone who is now last will be first, and everyone who is first will be last.”
Matthew 20:17 (CEV)
As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took his twelve disciples aside and told them in private:
Matthew 20:18 (CEV)
We are now on our way to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses. They will sentence him to death,
Matthew 20:19 (CEV)
and then they will hand him over to foreigners who will make fun of him. They will beat him and nail him to a cross. But on the third day he will rise from death.
Matthew 20:20 (CEV)
The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her two sons. She knelt down and started begging him to do something for her.
Matthew 20:21 (CEV)
Jesus asked her what she wanted, and she said, “When you come into your kingdom, please let one of my sons sit at your right side and the other at your left.”
Matthew 20:22 (CEV)
Jesus answered, “Not one of you knows what you are asking. Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from?” James and John said, “Yes, we are!”
Matthew 20:23 (CEV)
Jesus replied, “You certainly will drink from my cup! But it isn't for me to say who will sit at my right side and at my left. This is for my Father to say.”
Matthew 20:24 (CEV)
When the ten other disciples heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.
Matthew 20:25 (CEV)
But Jesus called the disciples together and said: You know foreign rulers like to order their people around. And their great leaders have full power over everyone they rule.
Matthew 20:26 (CEV)
But don't act like them. If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others.
Matthew 20:27 (CEV)
And if you want to be first, you must be the slave of the rest.
Matthew 20:28 (CEV)
The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.
Matthew 20:29 (CEV)
Jesus was followed by a large crowd as he and his disciples were leaving Jericho.
Matthew 20:30 (CEV)
Two blind men were sitting beside the road. And when they heard that Jesus was coming their way, they shouted, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”
Matthew 20:31 (CEV)
The crowd told them to be quiet, but they shouted even louder, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on us!”
Matthew 20:32 (CEV)
When Jesus heard them, he stopped and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Matthew 20:33 (CEV)
They answered, “Lord, we want to see!”
Matthew 20:34 (CEV)
Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. At once they could see, and they became his followers.
Matthew 8:12 (CEV)
But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”
Matthew 8:13 (CEV)
Then Jesus said to the officer, “You may go home now. Your faith has made it happen.” Right then his servant was healed.
Matthew 8:14 (CEV)
Jesus went to the home of Peter, where he found that Peter's mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever.
Matthew 8:15 (CEV)
He took her by the hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served Jesus a meal.
Matthew 8:16 (CEV)
That evening many people with demons in them were brought to Jesus. And with only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick.