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Matthew 20:8
8“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
Matthew 20:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)“So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)“That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first.
Context of Matthew 20:8
6About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ 7“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’ “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ 9“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
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Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ· κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας καὶ ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τὸν μισθὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Soδέde · thenG1161
- whenγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- evenὀψίαopsios · eveningG3798
- the lordκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
- of the vineyardἀμπελώνampelōn · vineyardG290
- saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- untoἐπίτροποςepitropos · managerG2012
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Callκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
- the labourersἐργάτηςergatēs · workerG2040
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- giveἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
- hireμισθόςmisthos · wageG3408
- beginningἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
- untoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
- the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
Cross-references for Matthew 20:8
- Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
- Matthew 25:19“After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
- Romans 2:6God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
- Hebrews 9:28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
- Genesis 15:2But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.
- Genesis 43:19So they went up to Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
- Luke 10:7Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
- Luke 12:42The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
- Luke 16:1Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
- 1 Corinthians 4:1This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
- 1 Peter 4:10Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
Commentaries on Matthew 20:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8When the even was come - Six o'clock, the time they ceased from labor, and the workmen came to receive their wages. Steward - . A manager of the household concerns under the master. The rabbinical writers use the very same word, in Hebrew letters, for the same office, אפיטרופוס epitropos . See Kypke.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8When even was come - That is, when the twelfth hour had come; the day was ended, and the time of payment was come. The steward - A steward is one who transacts business in the place of another. He was one who had the administration of affairs in the absence of the householder, who provided for the family, and who was entrusted with the payment of laborers and servants. He was commonly the most trusty and faithful of the servants, raised to that station as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Workers received their pay at the end of the day (Deuteronomy 24:14–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. So when even was come--that is, the reckoning time between masters and laborers (see De 24:15); pointing to the day of final account. the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward--answering to Christ Himself, represented "as a Son over His own house" (He 3:6; see Mt 11:27; Joh 3:35; 5:27). Call the labourers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first--Remarkable direction this--last hired, first paid.Read the comment
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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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