Matthew 20:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) saying, ‘These men [you hired] last have worked only one hour and you gave them wages equal to ours when we carried the heaviest load of the day’s work and [put up with] the scorching heat [all day long].’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saying, These [men] who came last worked no more than an hour, and yet you have made them rank with us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day. American Standard Version (1901) saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. Common English Bible ‘These who were hired last worked one hour, and they received the same pay as we did even though we had to work the whole day in the hot sun.’ Catholic Public Domain Version saying, 'These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats. |
And when there is a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It is going to be a scorching day,’ and sure enough, it is.
Where then is the [basis for] boasting [i.e., over being right with God]? There is not any. Is it by [obedience to] a law? Is it by doing certain deeds? Not at all, but by a law of faith.
since there is [only] one God, who makes the circumcised ones [i.e., the Jews] right with Him by faith [in Christ] and the uncircumcised ones [i.e., the Gentiles] through faith [in Christ].
Even to this moment, we [apostles] are hungry and thirsty; we have inadequate clothing; we have been beaten; we do not have a permanent place to live;
This secret plan is that the Gentiles [now] share in the inheritance along with us [Jews], and are fellow-members of the body [i.e., the church], and that they share, along with us [Jews], in the promise of the Gospel, in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus.
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass [so that] its flower [blossoms] fall off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the wealthy person will fade away as he goes about his business [affairs].