Matthew 20:12
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
- KJV
- Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
- WEB
- saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
- ASV
- saying, These last have spent [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
- DARBY
- saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
- BLB
- saying, ‘These, the last, worked one hour, and you made them equal to us, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
- ÅB
- ‘Disse siste har bare vært her en time, og du har likestilt dem med oss som har båret dagens byrde og hete.’
- OTB
- De sa: 'Disse siste har bare arbeidet én time, og du har gjort dem lik oss som har båret dagens byrde og den brennende heten.'
- B1930
- Disse siste har bare vært her en time, og du har gjort dem like med oss som har båret dagens byrde og hete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:5–6
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:23–28
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Read in contextLuke 14:10–11
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Read in contextLuke 18:11–12
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Read in contextLuke 12:55
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:2–3
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Read in contextLuke 15:29–30
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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