Matthew 20:8
But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.
Cross References
Genesis 39:4And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Ruth 2:6And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish maiden who came back with Naomi out of the fields of Moab;
Matthew 25:19And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
Luke 8:3and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
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 →