Matthew 20:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’”
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“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye--ye also--to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 20:7 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
- Luke 14:21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Acts 4:16“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Romans 10:14How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
- Ephesians 3:5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
- Ephesians 6:8because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
- Colossians 1:26the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
- Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
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