Matthew 20:12

Good News Translation (US Version)

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘while we put up with a whole day's work in the hot sun—yet you paid them the same as you paid us!’

Cross References

Luke 12:55

And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot—and it does.

James 1:11

The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.

Ephesians 3:6

The secret is that by means of the gospel the Gentiles have a part with the Jews in God's blessings; they are members of the same body and share in the promise that God made through Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;

Romans 3:30

God is one, and he will put the Jews right with himself on the basis of their faith, and will put the Gentiles right through their faith.

Romans 3:27

What, then, can we boast about? Nothing! And what is the reason for this? Is it that we obey the Law? No, but that we believe.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It's useless to serve God. What's the use of doing what he says or of trying to show the Lord Almighty that we are sorry for what we have done?

Malachi 1:13

You say, ‘How tired we are of all this!’ and you turn up your nose at me. As your offering to me you bring a stolen animal or one that is lame or sick. Do you think I will accept that from you?

Jonah 4:8

After the sun had risen, God sent a hot east wind, and Jonah was about to faint from the heat of the sun beating down on his head. So he wished he were dead. “I am better off dead than alive,” he said.

Matthew 20:11

They took their money and started grumbling against the employer.