Matthew 20:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? ”

Matthew 20:13 - Albert 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 a...
Matthew 20:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard. It is possible (as it is necessary) to distinguish two interpretations of this splendid parable, ( a) that intended by Jesus, ( b) that suggested by the...
Matthew 20:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

one. Representing the whole body, as Peter was the "one" in Matthew 19:27 . Friend. Greek. Hetairos = Comrade, more distant than philos (= beloved). Occurs only in Matthew (here; Matthew 1...
Matthew 20:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Friend, I do thee no wrong - The salvation of the Gentiles can in itself become no impedim...
Matthew 20:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Friend, I do thee no wrong— "Seeing I have given thee the hire which I promised thee, thou hast no reason of complaint; and if I choose to give unto those who came last into the vineyard as much hi...
Matthew 20:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 answered one of them (doubtless the spokesman of the complaining party) and...
Matthew 20:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Labourers in the Vineyard. The Journey to Jerusalem 1-16, Parable of the labourers in the vineyard (peculiar to St. Matthew). This difficult parable is closely linked with what goes before, an...
Matthew 20:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Friend. — The word so translated (literally, comrade, companion ) always carries, with it in our Lord’s lips a tone of reproof. It is addressed to the man who had not on a wedding garment ( Matthe...
Matthew 20:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1-30 - Matthew 20:1-16 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other throug...
Matthew 20:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Bargaining Spirit Rebuked Matthew 20:1-16 This parable originated in Peter's question. He had seen the rich young man go away sorrowful, because he could not meet the test which had been pu...
Matthew 20:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

One great principle of rewards is laid down in this parable. It is that they will be given, not according to length or amount of service, but according to fidelity to opportunities. The Master was n...
Matthew 20:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. (2) And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penn...
Matthew 20:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE REFORM OF THE IDLER ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us.’ Matthew 20 part Matthew 20:6-7 This parable is one of the most difficult in the...
Matthew 20:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 an...
Matthew 20:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Ver. 13. Friend, I do thee no wrong ] Friend he is called, not reprobate, though he we...
Matthew 20:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he answered one of them Who spoke in the name of the rest; Friend, I do thee no wrong It is most apparent that I do not, in any degree, injure thee or any of thy companions. Didst thou not a...
Matthew 20:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his viney...
Matthew 20:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the...
Matthew 20:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 20:16 " .
Matthew 20:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?' ” The estate owner, who was a good man, then gently took one of them aside, and calli...
Matthew 20:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 20:1 . For , etc.—The division of the Chapter s is here singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teach...
Matthew 20:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 20:1-2 . For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labour...
Matthew 20:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:1 . A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the cust...
Matthew 20:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard: The labourers in the vineyard 1. This story is on...
Matthew 20:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 20:1-40 Parable of the labourers in the vineyard . (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Matthew 20:1 For . The following parable is intended to illustrate the apophthegm...
Matthew 20:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew 20:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 18:25 ; Job 34:17 ; Job 34:18 ; Job 34:8-12 ; Job 35:2 ; Job 40:8 ; Matthew 22:12 ; Matthew 26:50 ; Romans 9:14 ; Romans 9:15 ; Romans 9:20

Matthew 20:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 20:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 20:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 20:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 20:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 20:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 20:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 20:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 20:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge