Matthew 20:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.

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  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine. 6 Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.
  • Deut 5:27-30 : 27 Go thou neere and heare all that the Lord our God saith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lorde our God saith vnto thee, and we will heare it, and doe it. 28 Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lorde sayd vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of ye wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayd, all that they haue spoken. 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them to feare me, & to keepe all my commandements alway: that it might go well with them, and with their children for euer. 30 Go, say vnto them, Returne you into your tentes.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 Now Samuel being a yong childe ministred before the Lord, girded with a linen Ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 (Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)
  • 1 Sam 3:1 : 1 Nowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And the Lorde appeared againe in Shiloh: for the Lorde reueiled himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 Finally, Samuel said vnto Ishai, Are there no more children but these? And hee sayde, There remaineth yet a litle one behinde, that keepeth the sheepe. Then Samuel saide vnto Ishai, Sende and set him: for we will not sit downe, till he be come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in: and he was ruddie, & of a good countenance, and comely visage; the Lorde saide, Arise, and anoynt him: for this is he.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteonsnes, & in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in steade of Dauid my father: and I am but a yong childe, and know not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude. 9 Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde wel, that Salomon had desired this thing. 11 And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lorde shall cary thee into some place that I doe not know: so when I come and tell Ahab, if he cannot finde thee, then wil he kil me: But I thy seruant feare the Lord from my youth.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 And in the eight yeere of his reigne (when he was yet a childe) he began to seeke after the God of Dauid his father: and in the twelft yeere he began to purge Iudah, and Ierusalem from the hie places, and the groues, and the carued images, and molten images:
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:
  • Matt 18:28 : 28 But when the seruant was departed, hee found one of his felow seruants, which ought him an hundred pence, & he layde hands on him, and thratled him, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
  • Matt 20:13 : 13 And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?
  • Matt 22:19 : 19 Shewe me the tribute money; they brought him a peny.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
  • Luke 10:35 : 35 And on the morowe when he departed, he tooke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and said vnto him, Take care of him, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come againe, I will recompense thee.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 And I heard a voice in the mids of the foure beastes say, A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barly for a peny, & oyle, and wine hurt thou not.

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  • Matt 20:1
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    1For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

  • Matt 20:3-15
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    89%

    3And he went out about the third houre, & sawe other standing idle in the market place,

    4And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way.

    5Againe he went out about the sixt & ninth houre, and did likewise.

    6And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

    7They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.

    8And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.

    9And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie.

    10Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.

    11And when they had receiued it, they murmured against the master of the house,

    12Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden & heate of the day.

    13And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?

    14Take that which is thine owne, and go thy way: I will giue vnto this last, as much as to thee.

    15Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?

  • Luke 20:9-16
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    79%

    9Then began he to speake to ye people this parable, A certaine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange countrey, for a great time.

    10And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, & sent him away emptie.

    11Againe he sent yet another seruant: and they did beate him, and foule entreated him, and sent him away emptie.

    12Moreouer he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.

    13Then sayd the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I doe? I will send my beloued sonne: it may be that they will doe reuerence, when they see him.

    14But when the husbandmen sawe him, they reasoned with themselues, saying, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15So they cast him out of the vineyarde, and killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyarde therefore doe vnto them?

    16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and wil giue out his vineyard to others. But when they heard it, they sayd, God forbid.

  • Mark 12:1-3
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    1And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.

    2And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

    3But they tooke him, and beat him, & sent him away emptie.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.

  • Matt 21:33-35
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    33Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.

    35And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

  • Matt 18:23-25
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    23Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

    24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him, which ought him ten thousand talents.

    25And because he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be solde, and his wife, and his children, and all that he had, and the dette to be payed.

  • Matt 21:39-41
    3 verses
    74%

    39So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him.

    40When therefore the Lorde of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?

    41They saide vnto him, Hee will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall deliuer him the fruites in their seasons.

  • Matt 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14For the kingdome of heauen is as a man that going into a strange countrey, called his seruants, and deliuered to them his goods.

    15And vnto one he gaue fiue talents, & to an other two, and to another one, to euery man after his own habilitie, & straightway went fro home.

  • Luke 10:2
    72%

    2And he said vnto them, The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe: pray therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8So they tooke him, & killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

    9What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

  • Matt 9:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37Then saide he to his disciples, Surely the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe.

    38Wherefore pray the Lorde of the haruest, that he woulde sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

  • Matt 25:19
    71%

    19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.

  • Deut 24:15
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    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12He saide therefore, A certaine noble man went into a farre countrey, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe.

    13And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and sayd vnto them, Occupie till I come.

  • Luke 19:15
    71%

    15And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

  • Matt 22:2
    71%

    2The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

  • Luke 16:5
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    5Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, & said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?