Matthew 20:7

They say to him, For no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into my vineyard.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

In Context

6But about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing (there); and said to them, What stand ye idle here all day? [or What stand ye here idle all day?] (or Why stand ye here idle all day?)

8And when (the) evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his procurator, Call the workmen, and yield to them their hire, (or Call the workmen, and pay them their wages), and begin thou at the last till to the first.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:10Work thou busily, whatever thing thine hand may do; for neither work, neither reason, nor knowing, nor wisdom, shall be at hells, whither thou hastest. (Busily work thou, at whatever thy hands can do; for neither work, nor reason, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, be in the land of the dead, where thou hastenest.)

Luke 14:21And the servant turned again (or And the servant returned), and told these things to his lord. Then the husbandman was wroth, and said to his servant, Go out swiftly into the great streets and the small streets of the city, and bring in hither poor men, and feeble, [and] blind men, and crooked (or and the lame).

Acts 4:16and said, What shall we do to these men? for the sign (or this miracle) is made known by them to all men, that dwell at Jerusalem; it is open, and we be not able to deny (it), [or and we may not deny (it)].

Romans 10:14How then shall they inwardly call him [or How therefore shall they in-call him], into whom they have not believed? or how shall they believe to him, whom they have not heard? (or how shall they believe in him, whom they have not heard?) How shall they hear, without a preacher?

Ephesians 2:11For which thing be ye mindful that sometime ye were heathen in (the) flesh, which were said prepuce (or who were called the uncircumcision), from that that is said (the) circumcision made by hand in (the) flesh; (For which thing remember that sometime ago ye were Gentiles in the flesh, ye who were called the uncircumcised, by those who be called the circumcised, which is made in the flesh by our hands;)

Ephesians 6:8witting (or knowing) that each man, whatever good thing he shall do, he shall receive this of the Lord, whether servant, whether free man.

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 →

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