Parallel Verses
NET Bible
saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!'
A Conservative Version
saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
American Standard Version
saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
saying, 'These men [you hired] last have worked only one hour and you gave them wages equal to ours when we carried the heaviest load of the day's work and [put up with] the scorching heat [all day long].'
Anderson New Testament
saying: These last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the heat.
Bible in Basic English
Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.
Common New Testament
saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
these last have work'd but an hour, and you put them upon the level with us, who have born the whole fatigue and heat of the day.
Darby Translation
saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
Godbey New Testament
saying, These labored one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who bore the burden of the day and the heat.
Goodspeed New Testament
and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'
John Wesley New Testament
These last have wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Julia Smith Translation
Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.
King James 2000
Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
saying, 'These last [people] worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!'
Modern King James verseion
saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and heat of the day.'
Moffatt New Testament
'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'
Montgomery New Testament
"'Those last men,' they said, 'have toiled only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the burning heat of the day.'
New Heart English Bible
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.'
Noyes New Testament
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Sawyer New Testament
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
The Emphasized Bible
These last, one hour, wrought, and thou hast made them, equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day, and the scorching heat.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
saying, These last have wrought only a single hour, and thou hast put them on an equality with us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Twentieth Century New Testament
'These last,' they said, 'have done only one hour's work, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us, who have borne the brunt of the day's work, and the heat.'
Webster
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Weymouth New Testament
"'These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.'
Williams New Testament
and say, 'These last worked only one hour, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us who have borne the heavy burdens and scorching heat of the day.'
World English Bible
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!'
Worrell New Testament
saying, 'These last wrought but one hour, and you made them equal with us, who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!'
Worsley New Testament
saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burthen and heat of the day.
Youngs Literal Translation
that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.
Themes
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Gospel » Compared to » A householder
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Jealousy » Examples of human » The labourers in the vineyard
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The laborers in the vineyard
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parable of the vineyard (in peraea)
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a householder
Man » Jealousy of » The labourers in the vineyard
Man's » Jealousy » The labourers in the vineyard
Parables » Parables of Christ » Laborers hired
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Servant » Hired » Parable of » The laborers of a vineyard
Wicked people » Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of » The householder
Works » Good » Parables relating to » The laborers in the vineyard
Topics
Interlinear
Houtos
Poieo
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard
11 When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner, 12 saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.' 13 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?
Cross References
Luke 12:55
And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is.
James 1:11
For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.
Isaiah 58:2-3
They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
Jonah 4:8
When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"
Zechariah 7:3-5
by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, "Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?"
Malachi 1:13
You also say, 'How tiresome it is.' You turn up your nose at it," says the Lord who rules over all, "and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?" asks the Lord.
Malachi 3:14
You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
Luke 14:10-11
But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.
Luke 15:29-30
but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 18:11-12
The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.
Romans 3:22-24
namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
Romans 3:27
Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
Romans 3:30
Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Romans 9:30-32
What shall we say then? -- that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
Romans 10:1-3
Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.
Romans 11:5-6
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
1 Corinthians 4:11
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
Ephesians 3:6
namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.