The Laborers in the Vineyard or The Generous Employer
∞ Q: Identify two parts to the parable. Answer:
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▸ ± Mt 20:1 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven [2] is like unto a man [3] [that is] an householder [4] , which went out [5] early in the morning [6] to hire [7] labourers [8] into his vineyard[9] . ¢ The teaching is like Jesus, the head of his house, who rose early from the dead, reconciling grace and holiness, to obtain teachers for the world. |
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▸ ± Mt 20:2 And when he had agreed [1] with the labourers [2] for a penny [3] a day, [4] he sent them [5] into his vineyard. [6] ¢ When the teachers repented and agreed they owed Jesus he sent them to preach. |
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▸ ± Mt 20:3 And he went out [1] about the third [2] hour, [3] and saw [4] others [5] standing [6] idle [7] in the marketplace, [8] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:4 And said unto them; Go [1] ye also into the vineyard, [2] and whatsoever is right [3] I will give you. [4] And they went [5] their way. [6] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:5 Again he went out [1] about the sixth [2] and ninth [3] hour, [4] and did likewise. |
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▸ ± Mt 20:6 And about the eleventh [1] hour [2] he went out, [3] and found [4] others [5] standing [6] idle, [7] and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? [8] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. [1] He saith unto them, Go [2] ye also into the vineyard; [3] and whatsoever is right, [4] [that] shall ye receive. |
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▸ ± Mt 20:8 So when even [1] was come, the lord of the vineyard [2] saith unto his steward, [3] Call the labourers, [4] and give [5] them [their] hire, [6] beginning from the last [7] unto the first. [8] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:9 And when they came [1] that [were hired] about the eleventh [2] hour,[3] [4] they received [5] every man [6] a penny. [7] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:10 But when the first [1] came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man [2] a penny. [3] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:11 And when they had received [it], [1] they murmured [2] against the goodman [3] of the house, [4] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:12 Saying, These last [1] have wrought [2] [but] one [3] hour, [4] and thou hast made them equal [5] unto us, which have borne the burden [6] and heat [7] of the day. [8] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, [1] I do thee no wrong: [2] didst not thou agree [3] with me for a penny? [4] |
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▸ ± Mt 20:14 Take [1] [that] thine [is], and go thy way: [2] I will give unto this last, [3] even as unto thee. |
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▸ ± Mt 20:15 Is it not lawful [1] for me to do what I will [2] with mine own? [3] Is thine eye [4] evil, [5] because I am good? [6] |
- Mt 20:1 ¶ 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.
- Mt 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- Mt 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
- Mt 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
- Mt 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
- Mt 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
- Mt 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, [that] shall ye receive.
- Mt 20:8 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.
- Mt 20:9 And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
- Mt 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
- Mt 20:11 And when they had received [it], they murmured against the goodman of the house,
- Mt 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
- Mt 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- Mt 20:14 Take [that] thine [is], and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- Mt 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?