Matthew 20:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 20:2 : 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
  • Matt 20:6-7 : 6 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} 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.'
  • Luke 23:40-43 : 40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom." 43 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt. 5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly; 21 that as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
  • 1 Tim 1:14-16 : 14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

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  • Matt 20:10-16
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    93%

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

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

    12saying, '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!'

    13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?

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

    15Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

    16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

  • Matt 20:1-8
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    1"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.

    2When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

    3He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

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

    5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.

    6About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} 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.'

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

  • Matt 25:18-20
    3 verses
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    18But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

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

    20He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'

  • Luke 20:9-11
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    9He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

    10At 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.

    11He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

  • Matt 21:33-35
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

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

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

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

  • Luke 19:15-16
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    15"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

    16The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1He 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.

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

  • Luke 16:5
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    5Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

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

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

    24When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}

  • Luke 20:13-16
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    13The 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.'

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

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

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    70%

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

    13He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,{10 minas was more than 3 year's wages for an agricultural laborer.} and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

  • Luke 19:24-25
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    24He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'

    25"They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'

  • Matt 25:14-15
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    69%

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

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

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    30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

  • Deut 24:15
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    15in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

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

  • John 4:36
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    36He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

  • Matt 25:24
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    24"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

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

  • Matt 19:30
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    30But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.