Matthew 20:14

14 Take what belongs to you and go. I want to give to this one who was hired last the same as I give to you.

Matthew 20:14 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:14

Take that thine is
By agreement, and go thy way; out of my sight, give me no more trouble on this head; which looks like a dismissal from his service, and after privileges; and was true of many among the Jews, who were only nominal professors, and from whom the Gospel and ordinances of it were taken:

I will give unto this last
man that was called, and sent into the vineyard,

even as unto thee;
the same outward privileges, besides special grace, and eternal glory, which it looks as if the other had not.

Matthew 20:14 In-Context

12 ‘These who were hired last worked one hour, and they received the same pay as we did even though we had to work the whole day in the hot sun.'
13 "But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I did you no wrong. Didn't I agree to pay you a denarion?
14 Take what belongs to you and go. I want to give to this one who was hired last the same as I give to you.
15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you resentful because I'm generous?'
16 So those who are last will be first. And those who are first will be last."
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