Matthew 20:1
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the kingdom
- This parable was intended to illustrate the equity of God's dealings, even when "the first are placed last, and the last first."
- Matthew 3:2; Matthew 13:24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 25:1, 14
- a man
- Matthew 9:37, 38; Matthew 21:33–43; Song of Songs 8:11, 12; Isaiah 5:1, 2; John 15:1
- early
- Matthew 23:37; Song of Songs 8:11, 12; Jeremiah 25:3, 4
- labourers
- Mark 13:34; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 13:21; 2 Peter 1:5–10