Matthew 20:6
And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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- John 9:4 : 4 I must worke the workes of him that sent me, while it is day: the night commeth when no man can worke.
- Acts 17:21 : 21 For all the Athenians, and strangers which dwelt there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.
- Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.
- Prov 19:15 : 15 Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.
- Ezek 16:49 : 49 Beholde, this was the iniquitie of thy sister Sodom, Pride, fulnesse of bread, and aboundance of idlenesse was in her, and in her daughters: neither did shee strengthen the hande of the poore and needie.
- Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other answered, and rebuked him, saying, Fearest thou not God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 We are in deede righteously here: for we receiue things worthy of that we haue done: but this man hath done nothing amisse. 42 And he sayd vnto Iesus, Lorde, remember me, when thou commest into thy kingdome. 43 Then Iesus said vnto him, Verely I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
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- Matt 20:1-55 verses90%
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.
2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
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.
- Matt 20:7-1610 verses88%
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?
16So the last shalbe first, and the first last: for many are called, but fewe chosen.
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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.
- Luke 20:9-168 verses75%
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 12:1-22 verses73%
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.
- Matt 21:39-413 verses72%
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 21:33-364 verses72%
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.
36Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.
- Mark 12:8-92 verses71%
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.
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7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?
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5But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.
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6And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
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21So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.
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19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.
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26And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
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30Then came he to the second, and said likewise; he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.
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13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.
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46The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.
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2And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest be no longer steward.
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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?
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6He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came & sought fruite thereon, & found none.
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3And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.
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35Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)
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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.