Matthew 20:1
“For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,
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In Context
2and having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon has a vineyard in Ba‘al-Hamon, || He has given the vineyard to keepers, || Each brings for its fruit one thousand pieces of silver;
Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and to this day—this twenty-third year—the word of YHWH has been to me, and I speak to you, rising early and speaking, and you have not listened;
Matthew 9:37then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few;
Matthew 13:31Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, sowed in his field,
Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found, hid, and from his joy goes, and all, as much as he has, he sells, and buys that field.
Matthew 21:28And what do you think? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, today be working 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 →