Matthew 20 (NET)

Matthew 20:1¹“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:24Matt 13:47Heb 13:211 Cor 15:58John 15:1Matt 22:2Matt 25:1Song 8:11-12Isa 5:1-2Matt 13:33

Matthew 20:2²And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 3:15Exod 19:5-6Luke 10:35Matt 22:191 Kgs 18:121 Kgs 3:6-111 Sam 16:11-121 Sam 2:181 Sam 2:262 Chr 34:3

Matthew 20:3³When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:13Prov 19:15Acts 17:17-21Acts 2:15Ezek 16:49Mark 15:25Matt 11:16-17Matt 20:6-7Heb 6:12

Matthew 20:4⁴He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:2-31 Cor 6:111 Pet 1:131 Tim 1:12-13Col 4:1Luke 19:7-10Matt 21:23-31Matt 9:9Rom 6:16-22Titus 3:8

Matthew 20:5⁵So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:1Heb 11:24-26Josh 24:2-3Luke 23:44-46Mark 15:33-342 Chr 33:12-19Acts 10:3Acts 10:9Gen 12:1-4John 1:39

Matthew 20:6⁶And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 9:4Acts 17:21Heb 6:12Luke 23:40-43Prov 19:15Eccl 9:10Ezek 16:49

Matthew 20:7⁷They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:11-12Heb 6:10Acts 17:30-31Acts 4:16Col 1:26Eccl 9:10Eph 3:5-6Eph 6:8John 9:4Luke 14:21-23

Matthew 20:8⁸When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages starting with the last hired until the first.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 24:151 Pet 4:10Rom 2:6-101 Cor 4:1-22 Cor 5:10Gen 15:2Gen 39:4-6Gen 43:19Heb 9:28Lev 19:13

Matthew 20:9⁹When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 2:8-10Rom 4:3-6Eph 1:6-8Luke 23:40-43Matt 20:2Matt 20:6-71 Tim 1:14-16Rom 5:20-21

Matthew 20:10¹⁰And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Matthew 20:11¹¹When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 19:71 Thess 2:16Jude 1:16Acts 11:2-3Acts 13:45Acts 22:21-22Luke 15:2Luke 15:28-30Luke 5:30

Matthew 20:12¹²saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:5-62 Cor 11:23-281 Cor 4:11Luke 12:55Luke 14:10-11Luke 18:11-12Eph 3:6Isa 58:2-3Jas 1:11Jonah 4:8

Matthew 20:13¹³And 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?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 22:12Matt 26:50Rom 9:14-15Gen 18:25Job 34:17-18Job 34:8-12Job 35:2Job 40:8Rom 9:20

Matthew 20:14¹⁴Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 17:2Luke 15:312 Kgs 10:30-31Ezek 29:18-20Matt 6:16Matt 6:2Matt 6:6Rom 3:19Rom 3:42 Kgs 10:16

Matthew 20:15¹⁵Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 9:15-24Deut 15:9Matt 6:23Jonah 4:1-4Mark 7:22Deut 7:6-8Exod 33:19John 17:21 Cor 4:7Acts 13:45

Matthew 20:16¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first last.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 19:30Mark 10:31Matt 22:14Luke 13:28-30Luke 15:7Matt 7:13Rom 8:30Rom 9:30Jas 1:23-251 Thess 2:13

Matthew 20:17¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:32-34Acts 10:41Gen 18:17John 12:12John 15:15Luke 18:31-34Matt 13:11Matt 16:13

Matthew 20:18¹⁸“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:21Acts 2:23Matt 27:1Matt 17:22-23Matt 26:2Acts 4:27-28Matt 26:66Dan 9:24-27Isa 53:1-12Luke 22:71

Matthew 20:19¹⁹and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:21Mark 15:16-201 Cor 15:3-7Acts 2:23Hos 6:2Isa 26:19Isa 53:3Matt 27:27-31Ps 22:7-8Ps 35:16

Matthew 20:20²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:35-45Matt 4:21Matt 8:2Matt 27:56Mark 15:40Matt 2:11

Matthew 20:21²¹He said to her, “What do you want?” She replied, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 19:28Mark 10:36-37Esth 5:3Ps 110:11 Kgs 3:5Matt 18:1Acts 1:6Mark 6:22Matt 20:32Col 3:1

Matthew 20:22²²Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:42Matt 26:42John 18:11Mark 14:36Matt 26:39Isa 51:22Mark 10:38-39Rom 8:26Jas 4:3Jer 49:12

Matthew 20:23²³He told them, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:40Matt 25:34Rev 1:9Acts 12:22 Tim 2:11-121 Cor 2:9Rom 8:172 Cor 1:7Col 1:24Heb 11:16

Matthew 20:24²⁴Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:5Jas 4:5-61 Cor 13:4Jas 3:14-4:1Luke 22:23-25Mark 10:41Phil 2:3Prov 13:10

Matthew 20:25²⁵But Jesus called them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:25-27Matt 20:25-28John 13:12-17Mark 10:42Matt 18:3-4Matt 11:29Dan 2:12-13Dan 5:19

Matthew 20:26²⁶It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:43Mark 9:351 Pet 5:3Mark 10:45Luke 18:141 Pet 4:11Luke 14:7-11Matt 23:8-12Matt 25:443 John 1:9-10

Matthew 20:27²⁷and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:26Mark 9:33-352 Cor 4:5Matt 18:4Acts 20:34-35Rom 1:141 Cor 9:19-232 Cor 11:23-272 Cor 11:52 Cor 12:15

Matthew 20:28²⁸just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 22:27Heb 9:28Titus 2:141 Pet 3:181 Tim 2:6Phil 2:4-81 Pet 2:242 Cor 8:9Rev 1:51 Pet 1:18-19

Matthew 20:29²⁹As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:46-52Luke 18:35-43Matt 9:27-31

Matthew 20:30³⁰Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 10:46Isa 42:16Matt 12:22-23Matt 21:14Matt 21:9Matt 22:42Acts 2:30Isa 29:18Isa 35:5-6Isa 42:18

Matthew 20:31³¹The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 4:2Matt 19:131 Thess 5:17Gen 32:25-29Luke 11:8-10Luke 18:1-8Matt 15:23Matt 7:7-8Luke 18:39

Matthew 20:32³²Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 36:37Phil 4:6Matt 20:21Acts 10:29

Matthew 20:33³³They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:18Eph 1:17-19

Matthew 20:34³⁴Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:29Heb 4:15-16Luke 22:51Ps 145:8Acts 26:18Luke 7:13Mark 7:33Matt 14:14Matt 15:32Matt 8:15