Matthew 20:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;

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  • Matt 9:9 : 9 And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.
  • Matt 21:23-31 : 23 And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?' 24 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; 25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? 26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' 27 And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 `And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' 29 And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went. 30 `And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not; 31 which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,
  • Luke 19:7-9 : 7 and having seen `it', they were all murmuring, saying -- `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!' 8 And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.' 9 And Jesus said unto him -- `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
  • Rom 6:16-22 : 16 have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? 17 and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and -- were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up; 18 and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness. 19 In the manner of men I speak, because of the weakness of your flesh, for even as ye did present your members servants to the uncleanness and to the lawlessness -- to the lawlessness, so now present your members servants to the righteousness -- to sanctification, 20 for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness, 21 what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those `is' death. 22 And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Col 4:1 : 1 The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
  • 1 Tim 1:12-13 : 12 And I give thanks to him who enabled me -- Christ Jesus our Lord -- that he did reckon me stedfast, having put `me' to the ministration, 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 Stedfast `is' the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 4:2-3 : 2 no more in the desires of men, but in the will of God, to live the rest of the time in the flesh; 3 for sufficient to us `is' the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

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  • Matt 20:5-17
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    5and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

    6And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

    7they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

    8`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

    9And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

    10`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

    11and having received `it', they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

    12that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

    13`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

    14take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

    15is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

    16So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

    17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

  • Matt 20:1-3
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    1`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

    2and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

    3`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

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    28`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

    29And he answering said, `I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.

    30`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I `go', sir, and went not;

  • Luke 20:9-16
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    9And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

    10and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send `him' away empty.

    11`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

    12and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

    13`And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

    14and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

    15and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed `him'; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

    16He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

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    38and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

    39and having taken him, they cast `him' out of the vineyard, and killed him;

    40whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'

    41They say to him, `Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

  • Mark 12:1-3
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    1And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

    2and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

    3and they, having taken him, did severely beat `him', and did send him away empty.

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    33`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

    34`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

    35and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

    36`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

  • Mark 12:7-9
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    7and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

    8and having taken him, they did kill, and cast `him' forth without the vineyard.

    9`What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

  • 5and they, having disregarded `it', went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

  • John 4:37-38
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    37for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

    38I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

  • 3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

  • 36and he said to them, `What do ye wish me to do for you?'

  • 41`And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

  • 15and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

  • 9be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

  • 3and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.