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Selected Verse: Matthew 20:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Mt 20:1 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is [2076] like [3664] unto a man [444] that is an householder [3617], which [3748] went out [1831] early in the morning [260] [4404] to hire [3409] labourers [2040] into [1519] his [846] vineyard [290]. |
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King James |
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. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. (Mat. 20:1-16)
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, &c.--The figure of a vineyard, to represent the rearing of souls for heaven, the culture required and provided for that purpose, and the care and pains which God takes in that whole matter, is familiar to every reader of the Bible. (Psa 80:8-16; Isa 5:1-7; Jer 2:21; Luk 20:9-16; Joh 15:1-8). At vintage time, as WEBSTER and WILKINSON remark, labor was scarce, and masters were obliged to be early in the market to secure it. Perhaps the pressing nature of the work of the Gospel, and the comparative paucity of laborers, may be incidentally suggested, Mat 9:37-38. The "laborers," as in Mat 9:38, are first, the official servants of the Church, but after them and along with them all the servants of Christ, whom He has laid under the weightiest obligation to work in His service. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the kingdom of heaven ... - The word "for" shows that this chapter should have been connected with the preceding. The parable was spoken expressly to illustrate the sentiment in the last verse of that chapter: "Many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first." The kingdom of heaven means here the church, including, perhaps, its state here and hereafter. See the notes at Mat 3:2. It has reference to rewards, and the meaning may be thus expressed: "Rewards shall be bestowed in my kingdom, or on my followers, in the same manner as they were by a certain householder - in such a way that the last shall be equal to the first, and the first last."
A householder - A master of a family. One at the head of family affairs.
His vineyard - No inconsiderable part of Judea was employed in the culture of the grape. Vineyards are often used, therefore, to represent a fertile or well-cultivated place, and hence the church, denoting the care and culture that God has bestowed on it. See the notes at Isa 5:7. Compare Jer 12:10. For the manner of their construction, see the notes at Mat 21:33. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
vineyard
See (Isa 5:7); (Mat 21:28-33); (Joh 15:1-5).
(See Scofield) - (Mat 28:19). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
For (γάρ)
Explaining and confirming Mat 19:30.
Early in the morning (ἅμα πρωὶ)
Along with the dawn. "Here (at Hamadan, in Persia), we observed every morning, before the sun rose, that a numerous band of peasants were collected, with spades in their hands, waiting to be hired for the day to work in the surrounding fields. This custom struck me as a most happy illustration of our Saviour's parable, particularly when, passing by the same place late in the day, we found others standing idle, and remembered his words, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?' as most applicable to their situation; for on putting the very same question to them, they answered us, ' Because no man hath hired us.'" (Morier, "Second Journey through Persia," cited by Trench, "Parables.") |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| That some of those who were first called may yet be last, our Lord confirms by the following parable: of which the primary scope is, to show, That many of the Jews would be rejected, and many of the Gentiles accepted; the secondary, That of the Gentiles, many who were first converted would be last and lowest in the kingdom of glory; and many of those who were last converted would be first, and highest therein. The kingdom of heaven is like - That is, the manner of God's proceeding in his kingdom resembles that of a householder. In the morning - At six, called by the Romans and Jews, the first hour. From thence reckoning on to the evening, they called nine, the third hour; twelve, the sixth; three in the afternoon, the ninth; and five, the eleventh. To hire labourers into his vineyard - All who profess to be Christians are in this sense labourers, and are supposed during their life to be working in God's vineyard. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man - a householder - The very commencement of this chapter shows it to be connected with the preceding. The manner of God's proceeding under the Gospel dispensation resembles a householder, who went out at day break, αμα πρωι, together with the morning; as the light began to go out of its chambers in the east, so he went out of his bed-room to employ laborers, that they might cultivate his vineyard. This was what was called, among the Jews and Romans, the first hour; answering to six o'clock in the morning.
To hire laborers - Some workmen, των εργατων - for he had not got all that was necessary, because we find him going out at other hours to hire more. |
38 Pray ye [1189] therefore [3767] the Lord [2962] of the harvest [2326], that [3704] he will send forth [1544] labourers [2040] into [1519] his [846] harvest [2326].
37 Then [5119] saith [3004] he unto his [846] disciples [3101], The harvest [2326] truly [3303] is plenteous [4183], but [1161] the labourers [2040] are few [3641];
38 Pray ye [1189] therefore [3767] the Lord [2962] of the harvest [2326], that [3704] he will send forth [1544] labourers [2040] into [1519] his [846] harvest [2326].
1 I [1473] am [1510] the true [228] vine [288], and [2532] my [3450] Father [3962] is [2076] the husbandman [1092].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
3 Now [2235] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513] through [1223] the word [3056] which [3739] I have spoken [2980] unto you [5213].
4 Abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] you [5213]. As [2531] the branch [2814] cannot [3756] [1410] bear [5342] fruit [2590] of [575] itself [1438], except [3362] it abide [3306] in [1722] the vine [288]; no more [3761] [3779] can ye [5210], except [3362] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698].
5 I [1473] am [1510] the vine [288], ye [5210] are the branches [2814]: He that abideth [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] him [846], the same [3778] bringeth forth [5342] much [4183] fruit [2590]: for [3754] without [5565] me [1700] ye can [1410] do [4160] nothing [3756] [3762].
6 If [3362] a man [5100] abide [3306] not [3362] in [1722] me [1698], he is cast [906] forth [1854] as [5613] a branch [2814], and [2532] is withered [3583]; and [2532] men gather [4863] them [846], and [2532] cast [906] them into [1519] the fire [4442], and [2532] they are burned [2545].
7 If [1437] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and [2532] my [3450] words [4487] abide [3306] in [1722] you [5213], ye shall ask [154] what [3739] [1437] ye will [2309], and [2532] it shall be done [1096] unto you [5213].
8 Herein [1722] [5129] is [1392] my [3450] Father [3962] glorified [1392], that [2443] ye bear [5342] much [4183] fruit [2590]; so [2532] shall ye be [1096] my [1699] disciples [3101].
9 Then [1161] began he [756] to speak [3004] to [4314] the people [2992] this [5026] parable [3850]; A certain [5100] man [444] planted [5452] a vineyard [290], and [2532] let [1554] it [846] forth [1554] to husbandmen [1092], and [2532] went into a far country [589] for a long [2425] time [5550].
10 And [2532] at [1722] the season [2540] he sent [649] a servant [1401] to [4314] the husbandmen [1092], that [2443] they should give [1325] him [846] of [575] the fruit [2590] of the vineyard [290]: but [1161] the husbandmen [1092] beat [1194] him [846], and sent him away [1821] empty [2756].
11 And [2532] again [4369] he sent [3992] another [2087] servant [1401]: and [1161] they beat [1194] him also [2548], and [2532] entreated him shamefully [818], and sent him away [1821] empty [2756].
12 And [2532] again [4369] he sent [3992] a third [5154]: and [1161] they wounded [5135] him [5126] also [2532], and cast him out [1544].
13 Then [1161] said [2036] the lord [2962] of the vineyard [290], What [5101] shall I do [4160]? I will send [3992] my [3450] beloved [27] son [5207]: it may be [2481] they will reverence [1788] him when they see [1492] him [5126].
14 But [1161] when the husbandmen [1092] saw [1492] him [846], they reasoned [1260] among [4314] themselves [1438], saying [3004], This [3778] is [2076] the heir [2818]: come [1205], let us kill [615] him [846], that [2443] the inheritance [2817] may be [1096] ours [2257].
15 So [2532] they cast [1544] him [846] out of [1854] the vineyard [290], and killed [615] him. What [5101] therefore [3767] shall [4160] the lord [2962] of the vineyard [290] do [4160] unto them [846]?
16 He shall come [2064] and [2532] destroy [622] these [5128] husbandmen [1092], and [2532] shall give [1325] the vineyard [290] to others [243]. And [1161] when they heard [191] it, they said [2036], God forbid [3361] [1096].
21 Yet I had planted [05193] thee a noble vine [08321], wholly a right [0571] seed [02233]: how then art thou turned [02015] into the degenerate plant [05494] of a strange [05237] vine [01612] unto me?
1 Now will I sing [07891] to my wellbeloved [03039] a song [07892] of my beloved [01730] touching his vineyard [03754]. My wellbeloved [03039] hath a vineyard [03754] in a very fruitful [01121] [08081] hill [07161]:
2 And he fenced [05823] it, and gathered out the stones [05619] thereof, and planted [05193] it with the choicest vine [08321], and built [01129] a tower [04026] in the midst [08432] of it, and also made [02672] a winepress [03342] therein: and he looked [06960] that it should bring forth [06213] grapes [06025], and it brought forth [06213] wild grapes [0891].
3 And now, O inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and men [0376] of Judah [03063], judge [08199], I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard [03754].
4 What could have been done [06213] more to my vineyard [03754], that I have not done [06213] in it? wherefore [04069], when I looked [06960] that it should bring forth [06213] grapes [06025], brought it forth [06213] wild grapes [0891]?
5 And now go to; I will tell [03045] you what I will do [06213] to my vineyard [03754]: I will take away [05493] the hedge [04881] thereof, and it shall be eaten up [01197]; and break down [06555] the wall [01447] thereof, and it shall be trodden down [04823]:
6 And I will lay [07896] it waste [01326]: it shall not be pruned [02168], nor digged [05737]; but there shall come up [05927] briers [08068] and thorns [07898]: I will also command [06680] the clouds [05645] that they rain [04305] no rain [04306] upon it.
7 For the vineyard [03754] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] his pleasant [08191] plant [05194]: and he looked [06960] for judgment [04941], but behold oppression [04939]; for righteousness [06666], but behold a cry [06818].
8 Thou hast brought [05265] a vine [01612] out of Egypt [04714]: thou hast cast out [01644] the heathen [01471], and planted [05193] it.
9 Thou preparedst [06437] room before [06440] it, and didst cause it to take deep [08328] root [08327], and it filled [04390] the land [0776].
10 The hills [02022] were covered [03680] with the shadow [06738] of it, and the boughs [06057] thereof were like the goodly [0410] cedars [0730].
11 She sent out [07971] her boughs [07105] unto the sea [03220], and her branches [03127] unto the river [05104].
12 Why hast thou then broken down [06555] her hedges [01447], so that all they which pass [05674] by the way [01870] do pluck [0717] her?
13 The boar [02386] out of the wood [03293] doth waste [03765] it, and the wild beast [02123] of the field [07704] doth devour [07462] it.
14 Return [07725], we beseech thee, O God [0430] of hosts [06635]: look down [05027] from heaven [08064], and behold [07200], and visit [06485] this vine [01612];
15 And the vineyard [03657] [03661] which thy right hand [03225] hath planted [05193], and the branch [01121] that thou madest strong [0553] for thyself.
16 It is burned [08313] with fire [0784], it is cut down [03683]: they perish [06] at the rebuke [01606] of thy countenance [06440].
33 Hear [191] another [243] parable [3850]: There was [2258] a certain [444] [5100] householder [3617], which [3748] planted [5452] a vineyard [290], and [2532] hedged [5418] it [846] round about [4060], and [2532] digged [3736] a winepress [3025] in [1722] it [846], and [2532] built [3618] a tower [4444], and [2532] let [1554] it [846] out [1554] to husbandmen [1092], and [2532] went into a far country [589]:
10 Many [07227] pastors [07462] have destroyed [07843] my vineyard [03754], they have trodden [0947] my portion [02513] under foot [0947], they have made [05414] my pleasant [02532] portion [02513] a desolate [08077] wilderness [04057].
7 For the vineyard [03754] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] his pleasant [08191] plant [05194]: and he looked [06960] for judgment [04941], but behold oppression [04939]; for righteousness [06666], but behold a cry [06818].
2 And [2532] saying [3004], Repent ye [3340]: for [1063] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is at hand [1448].
19 Go ye [4198] therefore [3767], and teach [3100] all [3956] nations [1484], baptizing [907] them [846] in [1519] the name [3686] of the Father [3962], and [2532] of the Son [5207], and [2532] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]:
1 I [1473] am [1510] the true [228] vine [288], and [2532] my [3450] Father [3962] is [2076] the husbandman [1092].
2 Every [3956] branch [2814] in [1722] me [1698] that [846] beareth [5342] not [3361] fruit [2590] he taketh away [142]: and [2532] every [3956] branch that beareth [5342] fruit [2590], he purgeth [2508] it [846], that [2443] it may bring forth [5342] more [4119] fruit [2590].
3 Now [2235] ye [5210] are [2075] clean [2513] through [1223] the word [3056] which [3739] I have spoken [2980] unto you [5213].
4 Abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] you [5213]. As [2531] the branch [2814] cannot [3756] [1410] bear [5342] fruit [2590] of [575] itself [1438], except [3362] it abide [3306] in [1722] the vine [288]; no more [3761] [3779] can ye [5210], except [3362] ye abide [3306] in [1722] me [1698].
5 I [1473] am [1510] the vine [288], ye [5210] are the branches [2814]: He that abideth [3306] in [1722] me [1698], and I [2504] in [1722] him [846], the same [3778] bringeth forth [5342] much [4183] fruit [2590]: for [3754] without [5565] me [1700] ye can [1410] do [4160] nothing [3756] [3762].
28 But [1161] what [5101] think [1380] ye [5213]? A certain man [444] had [2192] two [1417] sons [5043]; and [2532] he came [4334] to the first [4413], and said [2036], Son [5043], go [5217] work [2038] to day [4594] in [1722] my [3450] vineyard [290].
29 He answered [1161] [611] and said [2036], I will [2309] not [3756]: but [1161] afterward [5305] he repented [3338], and went [565].
30 And [2532] he came [4334] to the second [1208], and said [2036] likewise [5615]. And [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036], I [1473] go, sir [2962]: and [2532] went [565] not [3756].
31 Whether [5101] of [1537] them twain [1417] did [4160] the will [2307] of his father [3962]? They say [3004] unto him [846], The first [4413]. Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], That [3754] the publicans [5057] and [2532] the harlots [4204] go [4254] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] before [4254] you [5209].
32 For [1063] John [2491] came [2064] unto [4314] you [5209] in [1722] the way [3598] of righteousness [1343], and [2532] ye believed [4100] him [846] not [3756]: but [1161] the publicans [5057] and [2532] the harlots [4204] believed [4100] him [846]: and [1161] ye [5210], when ye had seen [1492] it, repented [3338] not [3756] afterward [5305], that ye might believe [4100] him [846].
33 Hear [191] another [243] parable [3850]: There was [2258] a certain [444] [5100] householder [3617], which [3748] planted [5452] a vineyard [290], and [2532] hedged [5418] it [846] round about [4060], and [2532] digged [3736] a winepress [3025] in [1722] it [846], and [2532] built [3618] a tower [4444], and [2532] let [1554] it [846] out [1554] to husbandmen [1092], and [2532] went into a far country [589]:
7 For the vineyard [03754] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and the men [0376] of Judah [03063] his pleasant [08191] plant [05194]: and he looked [06960] for judgment [04941], but behold oppression [04939]; for righteousness [06666], but behold a cry [06818].
30 But [1161] many [4183] that are first [4413] shall be [2071] last [2078]; and [2532] the last [2078] shall be first [4413].