Matthew 20
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Matthew 20:2-14

2AndG1161 when he had agreedG4856 withG3326 the labourersG2040 forG1537 a pennyG1220 a dayG2250, he sentG649 themG846 intoG1519 hisG846 vineyardG290.1

3AndG2532 he went outG1831 aboutG4012 the thirdG5154 hourG5610, and sawG1492 othersG243 standingG2476 idleG692 inG1722 the marketplaceG58,

4And saidG2036 to themG2548; GoG5217 yeG5210 alsoG2532 intoG1519 the vineyardG290, andG2532 whateverG3739G1437 isG5600 rightG1342 I will giveG1325 youG5213. AndG1161 they wentG565.

5AgainG3825 he went outG1831 aboutG4012 the sixthG1623 andG2532 ninthG1766 hourG5610, and didG4160 the sameG5615.

6AndG1161 aboutG4012 the eleventhG1734 hourG5610 he went outG1831, and foundG2147 othersG243 standingG2476 idleG692, andG2532 saithG3004 to themG846, WhyG5101 stand yeG2476 hereG5602 allG3650 the dayG2250 idleG692?

7They sayG3004 to himG846, BecauseG3754 no manG3762 hath hiredG3409 usG2248. He saithG3004 to themG846, GoG5217 yeG5210 alsoG2532 intoG1519 the vineyardG290; andG2532 whateverG3739G1437 isG5600 rightG1342, that shall ye receiveG2983.

8SoG1161 when eveningG3798 was comeG1096, the lordG2962 of the vineyardG290 saithG3004 to hisG846 stewardG2012, CallG2564 the labourersG2040, andG2532 giveG591 themG846 their hireG3408, beginningG756 fromG575 the lastG2078 toG2193 the firstG4413.

9AndG2532 when they cameG2064 that were hired aboutG4012 the eleventhG1734 hourG5610, they receivedG2983 every manG303 a pennyG1220.

10ButG1161 when the firstG4413 cameG2064, they supposedG3543 thatG3754 they should receiveG2983 moreG4119; andG2532 they likewiseG2532 receivedG2983 every manG846G303 a pennyG1220.

11AndG1161 when they had receivedG2983 it, they murmuredG1111 againstG2596 the master of the houseG3617,

12SayingG3004, TheseG3778 lastG2078 have workedG4160 but oneG3391 hourG5610, andG2532 thou hast madeG4160 themG846 equalG2470 to usG2254, whoG3588 have borneG941 the burdenG922 andG2532 heatG2742 of the dayG2250.2

13ButG1161 he answeredG611 oneG1520 of themG846, and saidG2036, FriendG2083, I doG91 theeG4571 noG3756 wrongG91: didstG4856 thou notG3780 agreeG4856 with meG3427 for a pennyG1220?

14TakeG142 that which is thineG4674, andG2532 go thy wayG5217: I willG2309 giveG1325 to thisG5129 lastG2078, evenG2532 asG5613 to theeG4671.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 20:2 penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 20:12 have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only ↩

Commentaries on Matthew 20

Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain