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Matthew 20:13
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“He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?
But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penie?
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
"But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
But the man who owned the vineyard said to one of those workers, ‘Friend, I am being fair to you. You agreed to work for one coin.
"But the owner of the estate replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?
"But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
The owner answered one of them, "Friend, I didn't cheat you. I paid you exactly what we agreed on.
But he answered one of them, ‘Look, friend, I'm not being unfair with you. Didn't you agree to work today for a denarius?
But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
"But the man who owned the field said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am being fair with you. You agreed to work for one silver coin. Right?
He answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not doing you an injustice; did you not bargain with me for a penny?
‘Listen, friend,' the owner answered one of them, ‘I have not cheated you. After all, you agreed to do a day's work for one silver coin.
But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius?
But answering, he said to one of them, Friend, I do not wrong you. Did you not agree to a denarius with me?
But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling?
But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
But he said to one of them, 'Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you?
But he answered and said to one of them, My friend, I am not unjust towards thee: didst thou not bargain with me for a denarius ?
But he answered, and said to one of them: My friend, I do thee no injustice: was it not for a denarius that thou didst contract with me?
But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?
But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
And he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong.
"`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?
And he answeride to oon of hem, and seide, Freend, Y do thee noon wrong; whether thou hast not acordid with me for a peny?
But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: didn't you agree with me for $100?
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
And the landowner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage?
But he answered one of them and said, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
"He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven't been unfair! Didn't you agree to work all day for the usual wage?
But he said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me when I promised to pay you a day's pay?
But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
And, he, answering, unto one of them, said, - Friend! I wrong thee not: Was it not, for a denary, thou didst agree with me?
But he answering said to one of them: friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
He answered to one of the sayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddest thou not agre wt me for a peny?
`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?
He answered and sayde vnto one of them: frende, I do ye no wronge: diddest not thou agree with me for a peny?
but he answered one of them, friend, I do thee no wrong: did not you agree for a penny a day?
"He replied to the one speaking for the rest, ‘Friend, I haven't been unfair. We agreed on the wage of a dollar, didn't we? So take it and go. I decided to give to the one who came last the same as you. Can't I do what I want with my own money? Are you going to get stingy because I am generous?'
"But the rancher said to one of them, 'Cowboy, I ain't cheatin' you out of anything. You agreed to work for me today for one hundred dollars and that's what I paid you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Friend: Matthew 22:12, Matthew 26:50
I do: Genesis 18:25, Job 34:8-12, Job 34:17, Job 34:18, Job 35:2, Job 40:8, Romans 9:14, Romans 9:15, Romans 9:20
Reciprocal: Matthew 20:2 - he had Luke 15:31 - General
Cross-References
Now the LORD said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will shew thee:
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Said he not himself unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have had compassion on me.
They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But he answered one of them,.... Who was the forwardest and loudest in his complaints, and represented the rest;
and said, friend, I do thee no wrong; by giving all alike, the same privileges and blessings to the last, as to the first, since nothing was withheld from him. And indeed the Lord does no wrong to any, by the distinction which he makes among his creatures: he is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works: he does no injury to the evil angels, by choosing the good angels, and confirming them in the estate in which they were created; when the others are reserved in chains of darkness, to the judgment of the great day; or by choosing fallen men, in Christ, and making provisions of grace for them, and not devils: and so there is no unrighteousness in him, nor does he do any wrong to any, when, like the potter, out of the same clay, he makes one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour; any more than when, in a providential way, he gives riches and wealth to some, and withholds them from others; or sends his Gospel, the means of grace to one, and not to another: and still less can he be thought to do wrong to the sons of men, by giving to them alike the same grace and privileges here, and the same happiness and glory hereafter; since neither have any right to what they have, or shall enjoy, and no one has the less for what is given to the other.
Didst thou not agree with me for a penny? That is, to labour in the vineyard all the day for a penny; yea, this agreement was made personally with him, not with a servant, or messenger of his; though if it had, it ought, according to the Jewish canons, to have been abode by, which run thus b:
"A man says to his messenger, or servant, go and hire workmen for me for three pence; he goes and hires them for four pence: if the messenger says to them, your wages be upon me, he gives them four pence, and takes three pence of the master of the house; he looses one out of his own purse: if he says to them, your hire be upon the master of the house, the master of the house gives them according to the custom of the province: if there are one in the province that hired for three pence, and others that are hired for four pence, he gives them but three pence, "and the murmuring" is against the messenger; in what things? When the work is not known, but when the work is known, and it is worth four pence, the master of the house gives them four pence; but if his messenger does not say to them four pence, they do not labour and do what deserves four pence. The householder says to him, hire me for four pence, and the messenger goes and hires for three pence, though the work deserves four pence, they have but three pence; because that ק××× ×¢× ×¢×¦××, "they took it upon themselves", (i.e. they agreed for so much,) and their murmuring is against the messenger.''
Thus the argument in the parable proceeds upon the agreement, which ought to be abode by.
b Maimon. Hilch, Shecirut, c. 9. sect. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Friend, I do thee no wrong - I have fully complied with the contract. We had an agreement: I have paid all that I promised. If I choose to give a penny to another man if he labors little or not at all if I should choose to give all my property away to others, it would not affect this contract with you: it is fully met; and with my own with that on which you have no further claim I may do as I please. So, if Christians are just, and pay their lawful debts, and injure no one, the world has no right to complain if they give the rest of their property to the poor, or devote it to send the gospel to the pagan, or to release the prisoner or the captive. It is their own. They have a right to do with it as they please. They are answerable, not to people, but to God, and infidels, and worldly people, and cold professors in the church have no right to interfere.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 20:13. Friend, I do thee no wrong — The salvation of the Gentiles can in itself become no impediment to the Jews; there is the same Jesus both for the Jew and for the Greek. Eternal life is offered to both through the blood of the cross; and there is room enough in heaven for all.
