Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
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2He agreed to pay the workers one denarius for the day, and sent them to work in his vineyard.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon which he leased to tenant farmers. Each of them paid him one thousand silver coins for the fruit it produced.
Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah until now, twenty-three years in total, messages from the Lord have come to me, and I have told you what he said time and again, but you have not listened.
Matthew 9:37He told his disciples, “The harvest is large, but there are only a few workers.
Matthew 13:31He gave them another illustration: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a farmer sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, reburied it, and then full of joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Matthew 21:28“But what do you think about this illustration? Once there was a man who had two sons. He went to the first son, and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
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 →