Matthew 20:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 20:2 : 2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
  • Matt 20:6-7 : 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.
  • Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment, 41 And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong. 42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom. 43 And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness. 4 Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt. 5 But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness. 6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: 9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself. 10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
  • 1 Tim 1:14-16 : 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief: 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.

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  • Matt 20:10-16
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    93%

    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?

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

  • Matt 20:1-8
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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.

    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.

  • Matt 25:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

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

    20 And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.

  • Luke 20:9-11
    3 verses
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    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.

  • Matt 21:33-35
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    72%

    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 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.

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    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.

    16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your pound has made ten pounds.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    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.

  • 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?

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

  • Matt 18:23-24
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    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.

  • Luke 20:13-16
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    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.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    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 19:24-25
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    70%

    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 25:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    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 13:30
    69%

    30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

  • 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.

  • Mark 12:9
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    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.

  • John 4:36
    68%

    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

  • Matt 25:24
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    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:

  • Matt 22:5
    68%

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

  • Matt 19:30
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    30 But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.