Parallel Bible results for "Matthew 20:1-16"

Matthew 20:1-16

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

2 And [after] coming to an agreement with the workers for a denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

4 And to those [people] he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is right.'

5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth and ninth hour he did the same [thing].

6 And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'

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

8 And [when] evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last up to the first.'

9 And [when] the ones [hired] about the eleventh hour came, they received a denarius apiece.

10 And [when] the first came, they thought that they would receive more, and they also received a denarius apiece.

11 And [when they] received [it], they began to complain against the master of the house,

12 saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'

13 But he answered one of them [and] said, 'Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius?

14 Take [what is] yours and go! But I want to give to this last [person] [the same] as [I gave] to you also.

15 Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'

16 Thus the last will be first and the first last."

New International Version NIV

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

2 He agreed to pay them a denariusfor the day and sent them into his vineyard.

3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’

5 So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.

6 About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’

7 “ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

9 “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.

10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.

11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.

12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?

14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.

15 Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”