Matthew 20:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ ‹For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man› [that is] ‹an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδεσπότῃ, ὅστις ἐξῆλθεν ἅμα πρωῒ μισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

For homoia estin the basileia of the ouranōn to anthrōpō oikodespotē, who exēlthen hama early to misthōsasthai ergatas into the ampelōna of him.

Grammar Details

• *homoia*: nominative, feminine, singular - like/similar
• *estin*: present, 3rd singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *ouranōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - heavens
• *anthrōpō*: dative, masculine, singular - man
• *oikodespotē*: dative, masculine, singular - householder/master of house
• *exēlthen*: aorist, 3rd singular - went out
• *hama*: adverb - at once/together with
• *prōi*: adverb - early morning
• *misthōsasthai*: aorist infinitive, middle - to hire
• *ergatas*: accusative, masculine, plural - workers/laborers
• *ampelōna*: accusative, masculine, singular - vineyard

Word Meanings

• *homoia*: like/similar/comparable to
• *oikodespotē*: householder/master of house/estate owner
• *hama*: at once/together with/simultaneously

Referenced Verses

• Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver. 12 My vineyard, which [is] mine, [is] before me: thou, O Solomon, [must have] a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
• Matt 13:24 : 24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:›
• Matt 13:31 : 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, ‹The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:›
• Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he unto them; ‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.›
• Matt 13:44-45 : 44 ¶ ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.› 45 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:›
• Matt 13:47 : 47 ‹Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:›
• Isa 5:1-2 : 1 ¶ Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
• Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, ‹The harvest truly› [is] ‹plenteous, but the labourers› [are] ‹few;› 38 ‹Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.›
• Matt 22:2 : 2 ‹The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,›
• Matt 25:1 : 1 ¶ ‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.›
• Matt 25:14 : 14 ¶ ‹For› [the kingdom of heaven is] ‹as a man travelling into a far country,› [who] ‹called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.›
• Mark 13:34 : 34 [For the Son of man is] ‹as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.›
• John 15:1 : 1 ¶ ‹I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.›
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Matt 21:33-43 : 33 ¶ ‹Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:› 34 ‹And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.› 35 ‹And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.› 36 ‹Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.› 37 ‹But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.› 38 ‹But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.› 39 ‹And they caught him, and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard, and slew› [him]. 40 ‹When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?› 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, ‹Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?› 43 ‹Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.›
• Matt 23:37 : 37 ‹O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,› [thou] ‹that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under› [her] ‹wings, and ye would not!›
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 ¶ And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
• Jer 25:3-4 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 21:28 : 28 ¶ ‹But what think ye? A› [certain] ‹man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.›