Matthew 20:14

14 Now take your pay and go! I choose to give the last worker as much as I'm giving 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 latecomers have worked only one hour, while we have borne the brunt of the day's work in the hot sun, yet you have put them on an equal footing with us!'
13 But he answered one of them, `Look, friend, I'm not being unfair with you. Didn't you agree to work today for a denarius?
14 Now take your pay and go! I choose to give the last worker as much as I'm giving you.
15 Haven't I the right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'
16 Thus the last ones will be first and the first last."
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.