Matthew 20:1
FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the master of a family, who went out at break of day, to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And when he had agreed with the labourers at a denarius a day, he sent them into the vineyard.
Cross References
Matthew 9:37Then said he to his disciples, The harvest indeed is abundant, but the labourers are few;
Matthew 13:31Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: which when a man findeth, he hideth, and for joy thereof, goeth away and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 21:28But what think ye? A man had two sons; and coming to the first he said, Son, go work to-day 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 →