Matthew 20:2

and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

In Context

1'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

3'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

Read all of Matthew 20

Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:27Draw near thou, and hear all that which Jehovah our God saith, and thou, thou dost speak unto us all that which Jehovah our God speaketh unto thee, and we have hearkened, and done it.

1 Samuel 2:26And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

1 Samuel 3:21And Jehovah addeth to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah hath been revealed unto Samuel, in Shiloh, by the word of Jehovah.

1 Kings 3:6And Solomon saith, 'Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as [at] this day.

2 Chronicles 34:3And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.

Matthew 18:28'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 20:2