Matthew 20:1
For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an employer who went out in the early morning to hire labourers for his vineyards.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2He agreed with the labourers to pay them two shillings a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
Cross References
Matthew 9:37and he said to his disciples: “The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few.
Matthew 13:31Another parable which he told them was this — “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:44The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, and then, in his delight, went and sold everything that he had, and bought that field.
Matthew 21:28What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said ‘Go and work in the vineyard to-day my son.’
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 →