Matthew 20:8
And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.
9When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
Cross References
Genesis 39:4And Joseph found favour in the sight of his master, and ministered to him: and being set over all by him, he governed the house committed to him, and all things that were delivered to him:
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning.
Ruth 2:6And he answered him: This is the Moabitess who came with Noemi, from the land of Moab,
Matthew 25:19But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
Luke 8:3And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto him of their substance.
Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due 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 →