Matthew 20:13

New American Bible - revised edition

He said to one of them in reply, ‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”

Job 35:2

Do you think it right to say, “I am in the right, not God”?

Job 40:8

Would you refuse to acknowledge my right? Would you condemn me that you may be justified?

Matthew 20:14

Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you?

Matthew 20:2

After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 22:12

He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence.

Matthew 26:50

Jesus answered him, “Friend, do what you have come for.” Then stepping forward they laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, “Why have you created me so?”