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They sayλέγουσινto him,αὐτῷ‘BecauseὍτιno oneοὐδεὶςhas hiredἐμισθώσατοus.’ἡμᾶςHe saysλέγειto them,αὐτοῖς‘YouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶgoὙπάγετεintoεἰςthe vineyard.’τὸν ἀμπελῶνα
Matthew 20:7
Study it in the app“They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He says to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 20:7, word by word
- They sayλέγουσινlegousin
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousin” appears- has hiredἐμισθώσατοemisthōsato
hire
Hire someone for wages.
Where else “emisthōsato” appears- goὙπάγετεHypagete
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypagete” appears- the vineyard.’ἀμπελῶναampelōna
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “ampelōna” appears
The context
6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing there, and he says to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all the day idle?’
7 · This verse (above)
8And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard says to his steward, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last up to the first.’
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?