Matthew 20:1
The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:11The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of silver.
Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josias the son of Ammon king of Juda until this day: this is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising before day, and speaking, and you have not hearkened.
Matthew 9:37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.
Matthew 13:31Another parable he proposed unto them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 21:28But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he 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 →