Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

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In The King James Version

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

In Context

11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

13“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no unjust criminal action sin ·miss the mark and is without share in the goal·. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius [one day’s wage]?

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Cross References

Luke 12:55When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.

Luke 15:29But he answered his Abba father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

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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