Matthew 20:2

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He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
  • Deut 5:27-30 : 27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen and obey. 28 The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. 29 Oh, that their hearts would always fear Me and keep all My commands, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! 30 Go and tell them to return to their tents.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with people.
  • 1 Sam 3:1 : 1 The young boy Samuel was serving the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; visions were not widespread.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel there through his word.
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 Then Samuel asked Jesse, "Are these all the young men you have?" Jesse replied, "There remains the youngest, but he is tending the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives here." 12 So Jesse sent for him and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one."
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day." 7 Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, but I am only a young and inexperienced servant who does not know how to carry out his duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or record. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between good and evil, for who is able to govern this great people of yours? 10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked this. 11 God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life, wealth for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but for discernment in administering justice,
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year, he started to purify Judah and Jerusalem by removing the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'
  • Matt 18:28 : 28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!'
  • Matt 20:13 : 13 But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?'
  • Matt 22:19 : 19 Show me the coin used for the tax.' So they brought him a denarius.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  • Luke 10:35 : 35 The next day, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 And I heard what seemed like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, 'A quart of wheat for a day’s wage, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wage, but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1
    90%

    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

  • Matt 20:3-15
    13 verses
    89%

    3About the third hour, he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

    4He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

    5So they went. He went out again around the sixth and ninth hours and did the same thing.

    6About the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing idle. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

    7They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

    8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going to the first.'

    9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

    10So when the first ones came, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

    11When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.

    12'These who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'

    13But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?'

    14'Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.'

    15'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

  • Luke 20:9-16
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    79%

    9Then he began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went away for a long time.

    10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

    11He proceeded to send another servant, but they also beat him, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

    12Then he sent a third one, but they wounded him also and threw him out.

    13Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.'

    14But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'

    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?'

    16He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'

  • Mark 12:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.

    2At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

    3But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Matt 21:28
    78%

    28What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

  • Matt 21:33-35
    3 verses
    76%

    33Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

    34When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

    35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

  • Matt 18:23-25
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    74%

    23Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

    24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.

    25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

  • Matt 21:39-41
    3 verses
    74%

    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?

    41They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'

  • Matt 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

    15To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey immediately.

  • Luke 10:2
    72%

    2He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.'

  • Matt 22:5
    72%

    5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Matt 9:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.'

    38Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.

  • Matt 25:19
    71%

    19After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12So he said, "A nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.

    13"He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business until I come back.'

  • Luke 19:15
    71%

    15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, so he could find out what they had gained by doing business.

  • Matt 22:2
    71%

    2The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

  • Luke 16:5
    70%

    5So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'