Matthew 20:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. ”

• Matthew 20:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  They received every man a penny - There was no agreement how much they should receive, but merely that justice should be done, Matthew 20:4-5 , Matthew 20:7 . The householder supposed they had...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  every man . each.

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• Matthew 20:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

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• Matthew 20:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Call the labourers, &c.— The equal reward bestowed on all,—the penny given to each labourer as his wages, signifies the Gospel, with its privileges and advantages, which they all enjoyed on a...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny - a fu...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Every man a penny. — The scale of payment rested on the law of a generous equity. The idleness of the labourers had been no fault of theirs, and the readiness with which they came at the eleventh h...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour ,.... Who were the last that were hired; and signify either such, as are called in their last days, in old age; or Gentile sinners; or the...

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• Matthew 20:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. Ver. 9. And when they came ] These last labourers were first paid, because they trusted not to the w...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They that were hired about the eleventh hour Either the Gentiles, who were called long after the Jews into the vineyard, the Church of Christ; or those in every age who did not hear, or at least un...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Matthew 20:16 " .

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• Matthew 20:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a denarius.” When the men who had been employed at the eleventh hour came forward they expected very little, and...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

  received ( See Scofield) - ( 1 Corinthians 3:14 ). Also ( 1 Corinthians 9:24 ); ( 2 Timothy 4:7 ); ( 2 Timothy 4:8 ).

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• Matthew 20:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 20:1-10 The Labourers in the Vineyard. I. This parable is directed against a wrong temper and spirit of mind, which was notably manifested among the Jews, but one against which all men in...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - 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...

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• Matthew 20:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The settlement at evening:

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• Matthew 20:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 1:14-16 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 2:8-10 ; Luke 23:40-43 ; Matthew 20:2 ; Matthew 20:6 ; Matthew 20:7 ; Romans 4:3-6 ; Romans 5:20 ; Romans 5:21

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• Matthew 20:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Who were hired about the eleventh hour — Either the Gentiles, who were called long after the Jews into the vineyard of the Church of Christ; or those in every age who did not hear, or at least unde...

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