Matthew 20:13

Matthew 20:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
• New King James Version (NKJV)But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
• New Living Translation (NLT)“He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?

Context of Matthew 20:13

11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Matthew 20:13 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν· ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• he answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Friendἑταῖροςhetairos · friendG2083
• I doἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• noοὐou · noG3756
• didstσυμφωνέωsumphōneō · to agree withG4856
• notοὐχίouchi · not!G3780
• with meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• for a pennyδηνάριονdēnarion · denariusG1220

Cross-references for Matthew 20:13

• Matthew 22:12He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
• Matthew 26:50Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
• Job 34:8He keeps company with evildoers; he associates with the wicked.
• Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
• Job 40:8“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
• Romans 9:14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!

Commentaries on Matthew 20:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Friend, I do thee no wrong - The salvation of the Gentiles can in itself become no impediment to the Jews; there is the same Jesus both for the Jew and for the Greek. Eternal life is offered to both through the blood of the cross; and there is room enough in heaven for all.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Friend, I do thee no wrong - I have fully complied with the contract. We had an agreement: I have paid all that I promised. If I choose to give a penny to another man if he labors little or not at all if I should choose to give all my property away to others, it would not affect this contract with you: it is fully met; and with my own with that on which you have no further claim I may do as I please. So, if Christians are just, and pay their lawful debts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16This parable is like the parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11–32). In both, God shows grace to two groups, but one complains about unfair treatment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. But he answered one of them--doubtless the spokesman of the complaining party. and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 20:13

• Contracts
• Employee
• Employer
• Gospel
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Labor
• Penny
• Reward
• Servant
• Vineyard
• Wages
• Wicked (People)
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Choose
• Condemn
• Drink
• Hireling
• Idle
• Penny
• Prepare
• Ransom
• Wages

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