Matthew 20:14
12 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?
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
- KJV
- Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- WEB
- Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
- ASV
- Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.
- DARBY
- Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:
- BLB
- Take what [is] yours and go. But I want to give to this last one as to you also.
- ÅB
- Ta det som er ditt og gå! Men jeg vil gi denne siste like mye som deg.
- OTB
- Ta det som er ditt og gå. Jeg ønsker å gi denne siste det samme som jeg ga deg.
- B1930
- Ta ditt og gå! Men jeg vil gi denne siste like så meget som dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
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Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Read in contextMatthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Read in contextMatthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Read in contextRomans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
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