Matthew 20:12 “‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and…”

Matthew 20:12

‘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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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!’

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden and heate of the day.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

Bible in Basic English

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

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Cross references

“equal”

Romans 3:22–24 Romans 3:30 Ephesians 3:6 Luke 14:10 Luke 14:11

Romans 3:22–24 · BSB

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 3:30 · BSB

since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.

Ephesians 3:6 · BSB

This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Luke 14:10 · BSB

But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

Luke 14:11 · BSB

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“borne”

2 Corinthians 11:23–28 1 Corinthians 4:11 Zechariah 7:3–5 Malachi 1:13 Malachi 3:14 Romans 3:27

2 Corinthians 11:23–28 · BSB

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

1 Corinthians 4:11 · BSB

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

Zechariah 7:3–5 · BSB

by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

Malachi 1:13 · BSB

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Malachi 3:14 · BSB

You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

Romans 3:27 · BSB

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

Also

Luke 12:55 James 1:11 Jonah 4:8

Luke 12:55 · BSB

And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

James 1:11 · BSB

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Jonah 4:8 · BSB

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

13But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

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