19 occurrences in 13 translations

'Work' in the Bible

Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen."

Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

“This is John the Baptist!” he told his servants. “He has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”

Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionWho He Might BeWhy It Happenedanniversary

"For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,

Verse ConceptsMorningMetaphorical VineyardsLikeningIn The MorningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomWorkers

When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work.

Verse ConceptsMarketsSluggardsStandingBoredomMarketplaces

And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

Verse ConceptsServants, Working Conditions OfMetaphorical Vineyards

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

Verse ConceptsHourOne DayWhy Do You Do This?

They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.'

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsWhy It Happened

And when they who came to work about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

Verse ConceptsFarming

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.

Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

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?

Verse ConceptsAgreeing For GoodWronging Other People

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsThinking ArightTwo SonsMen Working

the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

Verse ConceptsTalentsFive Things

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

Verse ConceptsNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowOne Material ThingLarge DenominationsStrictnessKnowing God's CharacterReaping What You SowTalents

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Verse ConceptsTalentsSlothfulnessNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowKnowing God's Character

When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

Verse ConceptsCommendationChrist Knowing About PeopleDo Not HinderWomen's Beauty

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