Matthew 20:4
"and he said to them, "‘Do you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will pay you.’
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3"About nine o’clock he went out and noticed some other workmen standing idle in the market-place;
5"So they went. Again at noon, and about three o’clock, he went out and did the same thing.
Cross References
Matthew 21:23When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?
Colossians 4:1Masters, deal justly and fairly with your slaves, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Titus 3:8This saying is trustworthy. On this I want you to firmly insist; that those who have faith in God must be careful to maintain honest occupations. Such counsels are good and profitable for men.
1 Peter 4:2so that in future you may not spend your life in the flesh according to men’s desires, but in the will of God.
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 →