Matthew 20:8
And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward: Call the laborers, and pay them the hire, beginning from the last, unto the first.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say to him: Because no one hired us. He says to them: Go ye also into the vineyard.
9And they of the eleventh hour came, and received every man a denary.
Cross References
Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them.
Luke 8:3and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their substance.
Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the portion of food 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 →