Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2And having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard to keepers; Every one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, for three and twenty years, the word of Jehovah hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
Matthew 9:37Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few.
Matthew 13:31Another parable he put forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A man had two sons: he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work today in the 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 →