Matthew 20:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

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  • Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon had a vine-garden at Baal-hamon; he let out the vine-garden to keepers; every one had to give a thousand bits of silver for its fruit. 12 My vine-garden, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, will have the thousand, and those who keep the fruit of them two hundred.
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
  • Matt 13:31 : 31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
  • Matt 13:44-45 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
  • Matt 13:47 : 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:
  • Isa 5:1-2 : 1 Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill: 2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in. 38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
  • Matt 22:2 : 2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
  • Matt 25:14 : 14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
  • John 15:1 : 1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Matt 21:33-43 : 33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country. 34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. 35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them. 37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son. 38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage. 39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death. 40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen? 41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready. 42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes? 43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
  • Jer 25:3-4 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even till this day, for twenty-three years, the word of the Lord has been coming to me, and I have given it to you, getting up early and talking to you; but you have not given ear. 4 And the Lord has sent to you all his servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you have not given attention and your ear has not been open to give hearing;
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

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  • Matt 20:2-12
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    2And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

    3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;

    4And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

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

    6And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

    7They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

    8And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

    9And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.

    10Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

    11And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,

    12Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

    10And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

  • Matt 25:14-15
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    14For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

    15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    2And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

  • Matt 21:33-35
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    33Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    34And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

    35And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

  • Matt 22:1-3
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    1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

    3And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

  • Matt 18:23-24
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    23For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

    24And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

  • Matt 21:40
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    40When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

  • Matt 13:24-25
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    24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

  • Luke 20:13-16
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    13And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

    14But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

    15And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

    16He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

  • Matt 13:44-45
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    44The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

    45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

  • Matt 25:1
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    1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

  • Mark 13:34
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    34It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

  • Luke 13:20
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    20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?

  • Luke 10:2
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    2And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

  • Matt 13:47
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    47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

  • Matt 13:31
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    31He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

  • Luke 14:21
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    21And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

    38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

  • Matt 25:19
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    19Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

  • Matt 13:27
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    27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

  • Matt 20:14
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    14Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.