Matthew 20:1-8

Laborers in the Vineyard

1 "For ¹the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his ²vineyard.

2 "When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 "And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;

4 and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever * is right I will give you.' And so they went.

5 "Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

6 "And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?'

7 "They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

8 "When ³evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his ⁴foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.'

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Cross References 4

1. Matthew 13:24
2. Matthew 21:28, 33
3. Leviticus 19:13; Deuteronomy 24:15
4. Luke 8:3

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "a man, a landowner"
[b]. The denarius was a day's wages
[c]. I.e. 9 a.m.
[d]. I.e. noon and 3 p.m.
[e]. Lit "similarly"
[f]. I.e. 5 p.m.
[g]. Or "lord"

Matthew 20:1-8

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