Matthew 20:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² saying, ‘These last have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² ‘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

¹² 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

¹² 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.

Matthew 20:12 Cross References

Jonah 4:8

And it came to be when the sun came up, that Elohim appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck on Yonah’s head, so that he grew faint, and asked for his life to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Malachi 1:13

“And you said, ‘Oh, what weariness!’ and you sneered at it,” said יהוה of hosts. “And you brought in plunder, and the lame, and the sick – thus you have brought in the offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” said יהוה.

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve Elohim. And what did we gain when we guarded His Charge, and when we walked as mourners before יהוה of hosts?

Matthew 20:11

And when they received it, they grumbled against the householder,”

Luke 12:55

“And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There shall be hot weather,’ and it is.

Romans 3:27

Where, then, is the boasting? It is shut out. By what torah? Of works? No, but by the torah of belief.

Romans 3:30

since it is one Elohim who shall declare right the circumcised by belief and the uncircumcised through belief.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are scantily clad, and beaten, and homeless,

Ephesians 3:6

The nations to be co-heirs, united in the same body, and partakers together in the promise in Messiah through the Good News,

James 1:11

For the sun rose with burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and its pretty appearance perished. So also the rich man shall fade away in his ways.