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Butδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςoneἑνὶof themαὐτῶνandsaid,εἶπεν‘Friend,ἙταῖρεI am notοὐκwrongingἀδικῶyou.σεDid you notοὐχὶagreeσυνεφώνησάςwith meμοιfor a denarius?δηναρίου
Matthew 20:13
Study it in the app“But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 20:13, word by word
- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- oneἑνὶheni
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “heni” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘FriendἙταῖρεHetaire
companion, friend
Companion, comrade; "friend", a kind way of addressing someone, often someone in the wrong.
Where else “Hetaire” appears- wrongingἀδικῶadikō
wrong
To mistreat someone unfairly.
Where else “adikō” appears- Did you notοὐχὶouchi
not
Not (in questions that expect "yes").
Where else “ouchi” appears- agreeσυνεφώνησάςsynephōnēsas
agree
Agree, be in harmony, come to an agreement; also match, fit together.
Where else “synephōnēsas” appears- for a denariusδηναρίουdēnariou
denarius
Denarius: a Roman silver coin, a day's wage for a worker.
Where else “dēnariou” appears
Translation note
“Friend” (hetairos): companion; Jesus uses the same word with Judas (26:50).
The context
12saying, ‘These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
13 · This verse (above)
14Take what is yours and go. But I want to give to this last one as I gave also to you.
To study Matthew 20 in a group
1. What it says
How much did the vineyard owner pay the workers, both those hired in the morning and those in the evening (vv. 9–10)?
2. What it means
What does the owner's reply teach: “Is your eye evil because I am good?” (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
Jesus says whoever wants to be great must serve (vv. 26–28). Whom can you serve today expecting nothing back?