Matthew 20:13

But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

English Majority Text (NT)

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 men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

14Take what is yours and go. But I want to give to this last man the same as to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:50But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

Romans 9:20But indeed, O man, who are you to be answering back against God? Shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

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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