Matthew 20:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ He said to them, ‘You men also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So, they went to work.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ and said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

Common English Bible

⁴ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I’ll pay you whatever is right.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And he said to them, 'You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.

Matthew 20:4 Cross References

Matthew 20:3

He went out about nine o’clock in the morning and saw other unemployed laborers standing [around] in the open shopping market.

Matthew 20:5

[Then] he went out again about noon and again at three o’clock in the afternoon and made the same offer.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus moved on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, “Become my follower.” And he got up and followed Him.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God’s service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.

Colossians 4:1

You masters should treat your slaves in a just and fair way, knowing that you also have a Master [who] is in heaven.

Titus 3:8

This saying is trustworthy and I want you [in your teaching] to affirm these things with confidence, so that those people who have trusted God will be careful to devote themselves to doing good deeds. These things [i.e., just mentioned] are good and profitable for people [to do].

1 Peter 1:13

So, gather your thoughts together for action, take control of yourselves and focus your hope completely on God’s unearned favor, which will be brought to you by Jesus Christ when He returns.