Matthew 20 is the twentieth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey through Perea and Jericho, heading towards Jerusalem, which he enters in the following chapter. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 34 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter include: Codex Vaticanus (AD 325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (330–360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450) Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; extant verses 7–34) Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant verses 9–34) Papyrus 83 (6th century; extant verses 23–25, 30–31) Structure The New King James Version (NKJV) organises this chapter as follows: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard () Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection (; ; ) Greatness is Serving () Two Blind Men Receive Their Sight (). Continuity with Matthew 19 The parable of the workers in the vineyard illustrates the aphorism in : Many who are first will be last, and the last first. Anglican theologian E. H. Plumptre argues that the division of the chapters at this point is "singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teaching which it illustrates. It is not too much to say that we can scarcely understand it at all unless we connect it with the history of the young ruler who had great possessions, and the claims which the disciples had made for themselves when they contrasted their readiness with his reluctance". Lutheran Pietist Johann Bengel argues, likewise, that a link is to be made with Peter's enquiry in : "See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?" The appointment of Jesus' twelve disciples to "sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" in "the regeneration" () may also be contrasted with the request of the mother of Zebedee's children, possibly Salome, that the seats of Jesus' right and left in the kingdom of heaven to be allocated to James and John (). Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard This parable is only related by Matthew. It asserts that "the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard". Verse 2