Matthew 20 nkjv

Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

Search verses, phrases, and topics e. John , Jesus faith love. This is the third time that Christ gave his disciples notice of his approaching sufferings; he was not going up to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover, and to offer up himself the great Passover; both must be done at Jerusalem: there the passover must be kept Deu. Here, is first, the request of the two disciples to Christ, and the rectifying of the mistake upon which that was grounded, v. The sons of Zebedee were James and John, two of the first three of Christ's disciples; Peter and they were his favourites; John was the disciple whom Jesus loved; yet none were so often reproved as they; whom Christ loves best he reproves most, Rev. Now this is a good reason why we should not strive for precedency, because the cross is our banner, and our Master's death is our life.

Matthew 20 nkjv

Matthew — Rewards and Grace. Matthew — Suffering, Status, and Service. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Jesus will use this story to answer a question from Matthew See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have? His reply came in stages. To hire laborers for his vineyard : The landowner went to the marketplace, which was the gathering place for day laborers. A man who wanted to work came there first thing in the morning, carrying his tools, and waited until someone hired him. These workers hired at the very beginning of the working day agreed to work for a denarius a day , the common daily wage for a workingman. This was an entirely normal arrangement. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. And he went out about the third hour : The third hour was about a.

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Did you not agree with me for a denarius? I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Or B is your eye evil because I am good? D For [ d ] many are called, but few chosen. And the third day He will L rise again. Are you able to drink Q the cup that I am about to drink, [ e ] and be baptized with R the baptism that I am baptized with?

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Matthew 20 nkjv

Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Or do you begrudge my generosity? And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death 19 and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?

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Paul himself disowns dominion over the faith of any, 2 Co. Daily Bible Reading Plans x. We are in his hand, as clay in the hands of a potter; and it is not for us to prescribe to him, or strive with him. Is thine eye evil, because I am good? The disciples should expect to be rewarded; but they should not be surprised if, when rewards are distributed, God will reward others in unexpected ways. Abstulit, sed et dedit-He hath taken away; but he originally gave. This discourse was not in the synagogue, or in the house, but in the way, as they travelled along; which teaches us, in our walks or travels with our friends, to keep up such discourse as is good, and to the use of edifying. Will be betrayed : Conceivably, Jesus could have been delivered to the religious authorities without this. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. The duties of Christianity are more necessary to be known than the notions of it; and yet the notions of it are more necessary to be illustrated than the duties of it; which is that which parables are designed for. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Christ suffered from the malice both of Jews and Gentiles, because he was to suffer for the salvation both of Jews and Gentiles; both had a hand in his death, because he was to reconcile both by his cross, Eph.

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Other Searches. But those are commonly most confident, that are least acquainted with the cross. Category : Gospel of Matthew chapters. The aspiring princes of the Gentiles make the lives of many a ransom for their own honour, and perhaps a sacrifice to their own humour. Now this seems to be the principal scope of this parable, to show that the Jews should be first called into the vineyard, and many of them should come at the call; but, at length, the gospel should be preached to the Gentiles, and they should receive it, and be admitted to equal privileges and advantages with the Jews; should be fellow-citizens with the saints, which the Jews, even those of them that believed, would be very much disgusted at, but without reason. Now let us sit down, and count the cost of dying for Christ rather than denying him, and ask, Can we take him upon these terms? For, 1. He goes out early in the morning and hires a group of day-laborers for the agreed-upon price of one denarius a day. When they were discountenanced in it, they cried the more. He knew what they needed and what they wanted, but God still wants us to tell Him our needs as a constant expression of our trust and reliance on Him. Some cannot bear comforts, but they turn them to a wrong purpose; as sweetmeats in a foul stomach produce bile.