Matt. 20 Matt. 20:1–16 The parable of the labourers who were hired at different hours to work in the vineyard. Matt. 20:17–19 Jesus foretells his own passion and resurrection, Matt.

We find this parable only recorded by St. Matthew; nor have any thing to guide us in understanding the scope of our Saviour in it, but Acts 20:16, So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Both Mark and Luke give us account of this passage. Mark saith, Mark 10:32–34, And they were in the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.

Mark saith, Mark 10:35, And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

Mark hath the same, Mark 10:38–39. Our Saviour gently reproves them for their unadvised petition, and again minds them, that he was first to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, and that by much tribulation they also must enter into the kingdom of God; which was a thing fitter for their…

Mark hath the same, Mark 10:39–40. Our Saviour here tells them, that as he was first to suffer and then enter into his glory, so they that should be glorified with him should also first suffer with him; for none shall be crowned but those who strive lawfully, 2 Tim.

Mark 10:41. Here is not yet a word of Peter’s primacy, or any claim he put in for it; nor, it seemeth, had the others any apprehension of such an establishment, for then neither would James and John have put in for it, nor would all the disciples (among whom Peter was one) have been so displeased…

So Mark hath much the same, Mark 10:42–44. Luke hath also much the same, (but it seemeth spoken at another time), Luke 22:25–27. I shall not here intermeddle with the disputes some have founded on this text: Whether there may be a civil, magistracy amongst Christians; a thing undoubtedly foreign to…

So saith Mark, Mark 10:45. The apostle saith, Phil. 2:7 he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant. Our Saviour had before taught them, that the disciple is not above his master.

Mark repeateth the same story, Mark 10:46–52, with several more circumstances. 1. He mentions only one blind man, and nameth him Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus. He saith, the blind man was begging.