BIBLE IN TEN

Wednesday, 17 June 2026   Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. Matthew 20:29   “And they, proceeding from Jericho, it followed Him, ‘crowd, great’.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus explained that He did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. The narrative continues, saying, “And they, proceeding from Jericho.”   This is the firs...

Tuesday, 16 June 2026   just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28   “Just as the ‘Son, the Man’, not He came to be attended to but to attend, and give the ‘soul, His’ – ransom for many.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that whoever desires to be first among them should be their slave. With that noted...

Monday, 15 June 2026   And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— Matthew 20:27   “And whoever, if he wills in you to be first, let him be your slave.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that whoever desires to be great among them should be their attendant. In that He contrasted megas, great, with diakonos, attendant (a deacon). The word diakonos is likel...

Sunday, 14 June 2026   Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. Matthew 20:26   “Not thus, also, it will be in you, but whoever if he wills in you to ‘great, become’, let him be your attendant.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the rulers of the nations subjugate their people and the “greats” dominate them. Despite that...

Saturday, 13 June 2026   But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Matthew 20:25   “The ‘also Jesus having summoned them’, He said, ‘You have known that the ‘rulers, the nations’ they subjugate them, and the greats, they dominate them.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, it said that whe...

Friday, 12 June 2026   And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers. Matthew 20:24   “And having heard, the ten, they outraged about the two brothers.” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus informed the sons of Zebedee that they would indeed drink His cup and be baptized with His baptism. However, He informed them that to sit at His right and left was not His to giv...

Thursday, 11 June 2026   So 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 is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father.” Matthew 20:23   “And He says to them, ‘The ‘indeed, ‘cup, Mine’,’ you will drink, and the immersion, the ‘I, I am immersed’ you will be immerse...

Wednesday, 10 June 2026   But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. 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.” Matthew 20:22   “Answering, also, Jesus, He said, ‘Not you have known what you ask! Are you able to drink the cup, the ‘I, I am about to drink,’ or the immersion, the...

Tuesday, 9 June 2026   And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.” Matthew 20:21   “The ‘Also He said’ to her, ‘What do you desire?’ She says to Him, ‘You said that they might sit, these, the ‘two sons of mine,’ one from ‘rights, You’, and one from ‘lefts, You’, in the ‘king...

Tuesday, 8 June 2026   Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. Matthew 20:20   “Then she approached Him, the mother – the ‘sons, Zebedee’, with the ‘sons, hers’, worshipping and asking something from Him.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told the twelve about His coming passion and the resurrection that will occur on the third d...

Sunday, 7 June 2026   and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”  Matthew 20:19   “and they will surrender Him to the Gentiles unto the ‘mock, and flog, and crucify’, and the third day, He will rise up.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus reminded His twelve that in going up to Jerusalem, He would be betrayed to the chief priests...

Saturday, 6 June 2026   “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, Matthew 20:18   “You behold! We ascend to Jerusalem, and the ‘Son, the Man’, He will be surrendered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will sentence Him – death.” (CG)   In the previous verse, it said Jesus was going...

Friday, 5 June 2026   Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, Matthew 20:17   “And ascending, the ‘Jesus to Jerusalem’, He took twelve disciples apart alone, and in the road, He said to them,” (CG)   In the previous verse, the final thought concerning the parable of the workers in the vineyard was given. With that complete, a new direction ta...

Thursday, 4 June 2026   So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” Matthew 20:16   “Thus, they will be the last, first, and the first, last. Many, then, they are called; few, also, selected.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus finished His parable concerning the workers in the vineyard. His words now sum up the overall thought. They are words that go back...

Wednesday, 3 June 2026   Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’ Matthew 20:15   “Or not it permits me, what I will to do in ‘these, mine’? Or the ‘eye, you’ evil, it is, because I – good, I am?” (CG)   In the previous verse, the housemaster told the grumbler to take what was his and go on his way, noting that he wanted to give the last...

Tuesday, 2 June 2026   Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Matthew 20:14   “You bear the ‘yours’, and you go! I will, also, this: the last to give as also you.” (CG)   In the previous verse, the housemaster told the grumbler that he was a scammer, asking if he didn’t agree to a denarius. Without waiting for a response, he next says, “You bear the...

Monday, 1 June 2026   But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Matthew 20:13   “The ‘also answering one of them’, he said, ‘Scammer! Not I wrong you! Not for a denarius, you harmonized me?’” (CG)   In the previous verse, the workers who were hired earlier in the day grumbled that the housemaster made those who worked only one...

Sunday, 31 May 2026   saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’ Matthew 20:12   “Saying that ‘These, the last, one hour they made, and equal, them, to us, you made those who were bearing the burden of the day and the blaze.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, it was noted that those who went to the vineyard to w...

Saturday, 30 May 2026   And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, Matthew 20:11   “Having taken, also, they grumbled against the housemaster.” (CG)   In the previous verse, those who worked from the first came to receive their wages, naturally assuming they would receive more than those who only worked a short time. However, they only received a denarius. It next says,...

Friday, 29 May 2026   But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. Matthew 20:10   “Having come, also, the first, they deemed that more, they will take, and they took, also themselves, each – denarius.” (CG)   The previous verse noted that those who were hired at the eleventh hour received a denarius. It next says, “Having come, a...

Thursday, 28 May 2026   And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. Matthew 20:9   “Having come, also, those about the eleventh hour, they took each – denarius.” (CG)   In the previous verse, the housemaster called his commissioner to call the laborers to give them their wages, from the last to the first. It now says, “Having come, also, those about t...

Wednesday, 27 May 2026   “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’ Matthew 20:8   “Evening, also, having become, he says, the ‘lord, the vineyard’ to ‘commissioner, his’, ‘You call the toilers, and you pay them the reward, having commenced from the last unto the first.’” (CG)   In t...

Tuesday, 26 May 2026   They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’ Matthew 20:7   “They say to him, ‘Because no one, us, he hired.’ He says to them, ‘You go, also you, into the vineyard, and the ‘if it should be righteous’, you will take.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus said the housemaster went out at...

Monday, 25 May 2026   And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ Matthew 20:6   “Around, also, the eleventh hour, having exited, he found others having stood inactive. And he says to them, ‘Why, here, you ‘having stood all the day’ inactive?’” (CG)   In the previous verse, it said that the housemaster we...

Saturday, 23 May 2026   and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Matthew 20:4   “And to them, he said, ‘You go, also you, into the vineyard, and whatever if it should be righteous, I will give you.’ And these, they departed.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus noted that in the third hour, the housemaster went out and saw others stand...