Matthew 20:6

The Message

Cross References

Proverbs 19:15

Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.

Ezekiel 16:49

“‘The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them.

Matthew 20:7

“They said, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “He told them to go to work in his vineyard.

Matthew 20:9

“Those hired at five o’clock came up and were each given a dollar. When those who were hired first saw that, they assumed they would get far more. But they got the same, each of them one dollar. Taking the dollar, they groused angrily to the manager, ‘These last workers put in only one easy hour, and you just made them equal to us, who slaved all day under a scorching sun.’