Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2After agreeing with the workers that they would each receive a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Matthew 13:31He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Matthew 13:44“ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and in his joy he went and sold all that he had and bought the field.

Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today 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 →

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