What Does the Bible Say About The Laborers In The Vineyard?

Matthew 20:1-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. ...

Matthew 20:1-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. ...

Matthew 20:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’

Matthew 20:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Luke 10:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Luke 8:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

Matthew 20:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Matthew 20:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’

Matthew 20:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,

Deuteronomy 24:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired worker shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

James 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

Ephesians 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

1 Corinthians 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

Luke 12:55 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens.

Mark 16:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

Mark 7:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

Matthew 26:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

Matthew 22:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

Matthew 22:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,

Matthew 21:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.

Matthew 21:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Matthew 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

Matthew 20:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Matthew 20:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.

Matthew 20:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

Matthew 20:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’

Matthew 19:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Matthew 13:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Matthew 9:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Matthew 9:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

Matthew 9:37-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Deuteronomy 15:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin.

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

43 Bible Verses about The Laborers In The Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 20:1-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 20:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Deuteronomy 24:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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James 1:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 26:50 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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