Matthew 20:13

But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?

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In The King James Version

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

In Context

12Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

14Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

Job 34:17How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

Job 40:8\40:13\Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

Matthew 26:50And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him.

Romans 9:20But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

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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