Matthew 20:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?

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  • Matt 22:12 : 12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.
  • Matt 26:50 : 50 And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him.
  • Rom 9:14-15 : 14 What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said. 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
  • Job 34:8-9 : 8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? 9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God. 10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. 11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. 12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
  • Job 34:17-18 : 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? 18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1-12
    12 verses
    83%

    1 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.

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

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

    4 And 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.

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

    6 And 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?

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

    8 And 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.

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

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

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

    12 Saying, 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.

  • Matt 20:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

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

    15 Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

  • Matt 18:28-30
    3 verses
    73%

    28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

    29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

    30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

  • Luke 12:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

    14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

  • Luke 19:22-25
    4 verses
    71%

    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

    23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

    24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the pound away from him, and give it to the man who has ten.

    25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.

  • Matt 5:26
    70%

    26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

  • Luke 17:8
    70%

    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • Matt 18:23-26
    4 verses
    69%

    23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

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

    25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

    26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.

  • Matt 18:33-34
    2 verses
    69%

    33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

    34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

  • Luke 11:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

    6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

  • Matt 21:28-30
    3 verses
    69%

    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.

    29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

    30 And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

  • Luke 10:35
    69%

    35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

  • Matt 22:19
    69%

    19 Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.

  • Luke 7:41
    69%

    41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

  • Luke 19:20
    69%

    20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

  • Luke 16:5
    69%

    5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?

  • Matt 26:15
    68%

    15 What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

  • Mark 12:15
    68%

    15 Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

  • Luke 16:7
    68%

    7 Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.

  • Luke 12:59
    68%

    59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.

  • Zech 11:12
    68%

    12 And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.

  • Matt 25:24
    68%

    24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

  • Luke 3:13
    68%

    13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

  • Lev 19:13
    68%

    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

  • Matt 22:12
    68%

    12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.