Matthew 20:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
  • Deut 5:27-30 : 27 Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it. 28 Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said. 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever! 30 Now say to them, Go back to your tents.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
  • 1 Sam 3:1 : 1 Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those days the Lord kept his word secret from men; there was no open vision.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And the Lord was seen again in Shiloh; for the Lord gave to Samuel in Shiloh the revelation of his word.
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here. 12 So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in. 8 And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given. 9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people? 10 Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord. 11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
  • Matt 18:28 : 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.
  • Matt 20:13 : 13 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?
  • Matt 22:19 : 19 Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.
  • Luke 10:35 : 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.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1
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    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.

  • Matt 20:3-15
    13 verses
    89%

    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.

    13 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?

    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?

  • Luke 20:9-16
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    79%

    9 And 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.

    10 And 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.

    11 And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

    12 And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

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

    14 But 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.

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

    16 He 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.

  • Mark 12:1-3
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    79%

    1 And 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.

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

    3 And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

  • Matt 21:28
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    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.

  • Matt 21:33-35
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    76%

    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.

  • Matt 18:23-25
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    74%

    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.

  • Matt 21:39-41
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    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.

  • Matt 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

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

  • Luke 10:2
    72%

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

  • Mark 12:8-9
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    8 And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

    9 What 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
    2 verses
    72%

    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 25:19
    71%

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

  • Deut 24:15
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    15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

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

    13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds and said to them, Do business with this till I come.

  • Luke 19:15
    71%

    15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

  • Matt 22:2
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    2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

  • Luke 16:5
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    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?