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Matthew 20:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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!’ "

Matthew 20:12

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10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

12 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!’

13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

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Matthew 20:1

"“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."

Matthew 20:2

"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard."

Matthew 20:3

"He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace."

Matthew 20:4

"He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way."

Matthew 20:5

"Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise."

Matthew 20:6

"About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’"

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