Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Cross References
Matthew 9:37Then he said to his disciples: The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
Matthew 13:31Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 21:28But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:1
We have four things in this chapter. I. The parable of the labourers in the vineyard, ver. 1-16 . II. A prediction of Christ's approaching sufferings, ver. 17-19 . III. The petition of two of the disciples, by their mother, reproved, ver. 20-28 . IV. The petition of the two blind men granted, and their eyes opened, ver. 29-34 . Read the whole commentary →