Matthew 20:1

World English Bible (2000)

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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  • Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. 12 My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
  • Matt 13:31 : 31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."
  • Matt 13:44-45 : 44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. 45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
  • Matt 13:47 : 47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
  • Isa 5:1-2 : 1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. 2 He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
  • Matt 22:2 : 2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Matt 25:14 : 14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
  • John 15:1 : 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Matt 21:33-43 : 33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. 34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way. 37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.' 39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?" 41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season." 42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?' 43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
  • Jer 25:3-4 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened. 4 Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
  • Matt 21:28 : 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

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  • Matt 20:2-12
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    2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

    3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

    4 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

    5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

    6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'

    7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'

    8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

    9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

    10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

    11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

    12 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9 He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

    10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

  • Matt 25:14-15
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    14 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

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

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

    2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Matt 21:33-35
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    33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

    34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

    35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Matt 21:28
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    28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'

  • Matt 22:1-3
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    1 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

    2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

    3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

  • Matt 18:23-24
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    23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

    24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

  • Matt 21:40
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    40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

  • Matt 13:24-25
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    24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

    25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

  • Luke 20:13-16
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    13 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'

    14 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

    15 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

    16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"

  • Matt 13:44-45
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    44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

    45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

  • Matt 25:1
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    1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • Mark 13:34
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    34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

  • Luke 13:20
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    20 Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

  • Luke 10:2
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    2 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

  • Matt 13:47
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    47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

  • Matt 13:31
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    31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

  • Luke 14:21
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    21 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

  • Mark 12:9
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    9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

  • Matt 9:37-38
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    37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

    38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

  • Matt 25:19
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    19 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

  • Matt 13:27
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    27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

  • Matt 20:14
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    14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.