Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:10

10 Jízhì nà xiān gù de lái le , tāmen yǐwéi bìyào duō dé . shuí zhī yĕ shì ge dé yī qián .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 20:10

But when the first came
Who were early hired into the vineyard; and design either the first saints that were in the world; or the Jews that first believed in Christ, either really or nominally; or such, who were called by grace in their early days:

they supposed,
or "hoped", as the Syriac version renders it,

that they should have received more;
than a penny, a greater reward: not that they could expect it on the foot of their agreement, or on account of their work; but because they observed, that they that came last into the vineyard, had as much as they agreed for; and therefore hoped, from the goodness of their Lord to them, that they should receive more:

and they likewise received every man a penny;
the selfsame privileges of the Gospel, and a title to the selfsame reward of free grace, the selfsame glory and happiness.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 20:10 In-Context

8 Dào le wǎnshang , yuán zhǔ duì guǎn shì de shuō , jiào gōngrén dōu lái , gĕi tāmen gōngqián , cóng hòulái de qǐ , dào xiān lái de wéizhǐ .

9 Yuē zaì yǒuchū gù lái de rén lái le , gèrén dé le yī qián yínzi .

10 Jízhì nà xiān gù de lái le , tāmen yǐwéi bìyào duō dé . shuí zhī yĕ shì ge dé yī qián .

11 Tāmen dé le , jiù mányuàn jiā zhǔ shuō ,

12 Wǒmen zhĕngtiān laókǔ shòu rè , nà hòulái de zhī zuò le yī xiǎoshí , nǐ jìng jiào tāmen hé wǒmen yíyàng ma .