Episodes

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 give, but for those prepared by His Father. With those words complete, it next says, “And having heard, th...

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 immersed. The, also, to sit from ‘rights, Me’, and from ‘lefts, Me’, not it is Mine – these to give, but thos...

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 ‘I, I am immersed’ to be immersed?’ They say to Him, ‘We are able.’” (CG). In the previous verse, ...

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 ‘kingdom, Yours’.” (CG) In the previous verse, the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons, ...

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 day. Matthew next records, “Then she approached Him, the mother – the ‘sons, Zebedee’.” This would be S...

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 and scribes who would condemn Him to death. He finishes this thought, saying, “and they will surrender H...

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 up to Jerusalem. Taking His twelve disciples aside, He readied to speak to them, saying, “You behold! ...

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 takes place, beginning with, “And ascending, the ‘Jesus to Jerusalem’.” Regardless of the elevation wher...

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 to Matthew 19:30, and which closed out that chapter. He says, “Thus, they will be the last, first, and...

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 man the same as those who came first. Before the man could exit, he had a bit more to say, beginning w...

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 ‘yours’, and you go!” In other words, “You got what we agreed on. That is yours. Take it and hit 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 hour equal with those who bore the burden of the day. In hearing this, it next says, “The ‘also answer...

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 work early grumbled after they had received the same pay as those who came later. That continues with th...

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, “Having taken, also.” They didn’t refuse the wage, even if it is not what they were expecting. They wo...

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, also, the first, they deemed that more, they will take.” Under normal circumstances, one would assume t...

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 the eleventh hour.” These are those noted in verses 6 & 7. They had been standing idle all day long. Th...

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 the previous verse, the house master sent laborers into his vineyard even in the eleventh hour of the da...

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 the eleventh hour and found laborers still standing around idly. He then asked them why they were stan...

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 went out at the sixth and ninth hours to hire more people. Jesus next says, “Around, also, the eleventh h...

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 standing idle in the marketplace. He continues, saying, “And to them, he said, ‘You go, also you, into the v...

Friday, 22 May 2026 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Matthew 20:3 “And having exited about the third hour, he saw others having stood in the market, inactive.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus continued the parable of the workers in the vineyard, noting that the housemaster agreed to hire laborers for a denarius and then sent them into the vineyard. He continues now, saying, “And having exited about the third hour.” The Pulpit Commentary ...

Thursday, 21 May 2026 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Matthew 20:2 “Having also harmonized with the toilers from ‘denarius, the day,’ he sent them into the ‘vineyard, his’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Jesus began the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. He continues that now, saying, “And having harmonized with the toilers.” An amount was agreed on (harmonized) between him and those who will be in his employ. This is what wi...

Wednesday, 20 May 2026 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Matthew 20:1 “Like, for, it is the ‘kingdom, the heavens’: man, housemaster, who he exited concurrently early to hire toilers into ‘vineyard, his’.” (CG) In the previous verse, Chapter 19 concluded with Jesus’ words concerning many who are first will be last and last who will be first. Continuing with that thought, He now begins another parable, saying, “L...

Exploring the Connection Between Matthew 19, the Book of Psalms, and Isaiah 19 For Bible in Ten – By DH – 19th May 2026 Yesterday we completed Matthew 19. Nineteen according to E W Bullinger is “a combination of 10 and 9, and would denote the perfection of Divine order connected with judgment.” During our episodes through Matthew 19, we already learned how “..the words of Chapter 19 span all the dispensations of time.” CG . In Matthew 19 Jesus brought judgments which referenced creation, the l...