Berean Standard Bible
Matthew 20:1-7
1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius1 for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3About the third hour2 he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’ 5So they went.
He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour3 and did the same thing.
6About the eleventh hour4 he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.
So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’5
Notes
- 1. Matthew 20:2 A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; similarly in verses 9, 10, and 13. ↩
- 2. Matthew 20:3 That is, about nine in the morning ↩
- 3. Matthew 20:5 That is, about noon and again about three in the afternoon ↩
- 4. Matthew 20:6 That is, about five in the afternoon; also in verse 9 ↩
- 5. Matthew 20:7 BYZ and TR include and whatever is right, you shall receive. ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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