Matthew 20:13

But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

Darby Translation

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 worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

14Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Job 34:17Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?

Job 40:8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

Matthew 26:50But Jesus said to him, [My] friend, for what purpose art thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him.

Romans 9:20Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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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