Matthew 20:7

American Standard Version (1901)

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
  • Matt 22:9-9 : 9 Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. 10 And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
  • Luke 14:21-23 : 21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame. 22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
  • John 9:4 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • Acts 4:16 : 16 saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
  • Acts 17:30-31 : 30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  • Rom 10:14-17 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
  • Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
  • Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 3:5-6 : 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; 6 [ to wit], that the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
  • Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
  • Col 1:26 : 26 [ even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1-6
    6 verses
    89%

    1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

    2And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

    3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

    4and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

    5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

    6And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

  • Matt 20:8-16
    9 verses
    88%

    8And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

    9And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.

    10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

    11And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

    12saying, These last have spent [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

    13But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling?

    14Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.

    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

    16So the last shall be first, and the first last.

  • Matt 21:28-30
    3 verses
    79%

    28But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

    29And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.

    30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.

  • Luke 20:13-16
    4 verses
    76%

    13And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

    14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

    16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Luke 20:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

    10And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

    11And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

  • Matt 21:33-41
    9 verses
    75%

    33Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

    34And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

    35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

    36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.

    37But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

    38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

    39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

    41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • Mark 12:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

    2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

  • Mark 12:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

    8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

  • Luke 17:7
    73%

    7But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down to meat;

  • John 4:36-38
    3 verses
    72%

    36He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    37For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

    38I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

  • Matt 9:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

    38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Luke 10:2
    71%

    2And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

  • Luke 10:7
    70%

    7And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

  • Matt 13:28
    70%

    28And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

  • Matt 22:3
    70%

    3and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.