Matthew 20 nkjv

Matthew — Rewards and Grace. Matthew — Suffering, matthew 20 nkjv, Status, and Service. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Jesus continues his final journey through Perea and Jericho , heading towards Jerusalem , which he enters in the following chapter. The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 34 verses. The parable of the workers in the vineyard illustrates the aphorism in Matthew : Many who are first will be last, and the last first. Plumptre argues that the division of the chapters at this point is "singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teaching which it illustrates. It is not too much to say that we can scarcely understand it at all unless we connect it with the history of the young ruler who had great possessions , and the claims which the disciples had made for themselves when they contrasted their readiness with his reluctance". Therefore what shall we have?

Matthew 20 nkjv

Did you not agree with me for a denarius? I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Or B is your eye evil because I am good? D For [ d ] many are called, but few chosen. And the third day He will L rise again. Are you able to drink Q the cup that I am about to drink, [ e ] and be baptized with R the baptism that I am baptized with? And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. And they went their way. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. Is thine eye evil, because I am good? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

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Search verses, phrases, and topics e. John , Jesus faith love. This is the third time that Christ gave his disciples notice of his approaching sufferings; he was not going up to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover, and to offer up himself the great Passover; both must be done at Jerusalem: there the passover must be kept Deu. Here, is first, the request of the two disciples to Christ, and the rectifying of the mistake upon which that was grounded, v. The sons of Zebedee were James and John, two of the first three of Christ's disciples; Peter and they were his favourites; John was the disciple whom Jesus loved; yet none were so often reproved as they; whom Christ loves best he reproves most, Rev. Now this is a good reason why we should not strive for precedency, because the cross is our banner, and our Master's death is our life.

Mt Did you not agree with me for a denarius? I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Or b is your eye evil because I am good? And the third day He will k rise again. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Matthew 20 Laborers in the Vineyard 1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20 nkjv

Search verses, phrases, and topics e. John , Jesus faith love. Mat All rights reserved. Used by permission. Search Results in Other Versions Notes.

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It is of excellent use, in prayer, to eye Christ in the grace and glory of his Messiahship; to remember that he is the Son of David, whose office it is to help, and save, and to plead it with him. It is a direct violation of both the two great commandments at once; both that of love to God, in whose will we should acquiesce, and love to our neighbour, in whose welfare we should rejoice. Lastly, Here is the application of the parable v. Through the day, the landowner went to the place where the laborers gathered, found some standing idle in the marketplace , and hired them to do the work in his vineyard. But, 2. The common call is promiscuous, to come and work in the vineyard; but the effectual call is particular, and it is then effectual when we come at the call. Our lives were forfeited into the hands of divine justice by sin. Note, the sincere and serious beggars at Christ's door commonly meet with the worst rebukes from those that follow him but in pretence and hypocrisy. Other Searches. Reference Only. But they would not be beaten off so; when they were in pursuit of such a mercy, it was no time to compliment, or to practise a timid delicacy; no, they cried the more. This would make her Jesus' aunt. The appointment of Jesus' twelve disciples to "sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel " in "the regeneration " Matthew —28 may also be contrasted with the request of the mother of Zebedee 's children, possibly Salome , that the seats of Jesus' right and left in the kingdom of heaven to be allocated to James and John Matthew — He would not even claim the right to choose how His servants were rewarded, but yield that to His Father.

Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.

What can we afford to part with for Christ? Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Note, First, The church is God's vineyard; it is of his planting, watering, and fencing; and the fruits of it must be to his honour and praise. Settings Copy Translation Order [? Note, God will be sure not to be behind-hand with any for the service they do him: never any lost by working for God. They imagined their warfare was accomplished when it was scarcely begun, and they had yet but run with the footmen. In this description of sufferings, 1. Use SBL Abbrev. The address itself is more observable; Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David, repeated again, v. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Verse Only. Sinners are said to labour in the very fire Hab. God, by his gospel, is hiring labourers into his vineyard, to dress it, and keep it, paradise-work.