Matthew 20:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager,‘Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.’

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  • Lev 19:13 : 13 You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  • Matt 13:39-40 : 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 As the poisonous weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
  • Matt 25:19 : 19 After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.
  • Matt 25:31 : 31 The Judgment“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 and Joanna the wife of Cuza(Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 The Lord replied,“Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?
  • Luke 16:1-2 : 1 The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets. 2 So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
  • Rom 2:6-9 : 6 He will reward each one according to his works: 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. 9 There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 The Apostles’ Ministry One should think about us this way– as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
  • Heb 9:28 : 28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.
  • 1 Pet 4:10 : 10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
  • Rev 20:11-12 : 11 The Great White Throne Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened– the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  • Gen 39:4-6 : 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. 5 From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields. 6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.
  • Gen 43:19 : 19 So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:9-16
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    90%

    9When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.

    10And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

    11When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,

    12saying,‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’

    13And the landowner replied to one of them,‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?

    14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

    15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

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

  • Matt 20:1-7
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    88%

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

    2And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

    3When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

    4He said to them,‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

    5So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

    6And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’

    7They said to him,‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them,‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

  • Luke 20:9-11
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    9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

    10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

    11So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • Luke 13:30
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    30But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

  • Matt 21:33-38
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    74%

    33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

    34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

    35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

    36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

    37Finally he sent his son to them, saying,‘They will respect my son.’

    38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    74%

    1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

    2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28The Parable of the Two Sons“What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said,‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

  • Matt 21:40-41
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    40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

    41They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

  • Luke 16:5
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    5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’

  • Mark 10:31
    73%

    31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

  • Matt 19:30
    73%

    30But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

  • Luke 20:13-16
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    13Then the owner of the vineyard said,‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

    14But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another,‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so 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 tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”

  • Matt 25:19
    72%

    19After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.

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

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7“Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

  • Luke 14:21
    70%

    21So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

  • Deut 24:15
    70%

    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Luke 19:15
    70%

    15When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

  • Matt 18:24
    69%

    24As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

  • Matt 9:38
    69%

    38Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest-ready fields.”

  • Jas 5:4
    69%

    4Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Luke 16:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

    2So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’