Matthew 20:8
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'
9When the workers who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
Cross References
Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight. He served Potiphar. Potiphar made Joseph manager over his house, and everything that he possessed, he put under his care.
Leviticus 19:13Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant must not stay with you all night until the morning.
Ruth 2:6The servant supervising the reapers answered and said, “It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.
Matthew 25:19Now after a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
Luke 8:3Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager; Susanna; and many others, who, out of their possessions, provided for their needs.
Luke 12:42The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will set over his other servants to give them their portion of food at the right time?
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 →