Matthew 20:8

When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

In Context

7They said to him: No man has hired us. He said to them: Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right you shall receive.

9And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:19After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled with them.

Luke 8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him from their means.

Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17

The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →

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