Matthew 20:7
New International Version
“’Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

New Living Translation
“They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

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

Berean Standard Bible
‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

Berean Literal Bible
They say to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He says to them, 'You go also into the vineyard.'

King James Bible
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

New King James Version
They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’

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

NASB 1995
“They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

NASB 1977
“They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into the vineyard.’

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

Amplified Bible
They answered him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard also.’

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘Because no one hired us,’ they said to him. “ ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he told them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Because no one hired us,’ they said to him. “’You also go to my vineyard,’ he told them.

American Standard Version
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They were saying to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go also to the vineyard, and whatever is appropriate you will receive.'

Contemporary English Version
"Because no one has hired us," they answered. Then he told them to go work in his vineyard.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vineyard.

English Revised Version
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
" 'No one has hired us,' they answered him. "He said to them, 'Work in my vineyard.'

Good News Translation
'No one hired us,' they answered. 'Well, then, you go and work in the vineyard,' he told them.

International Standard Version
They told him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He told them, 'You go into the vineyard as well.'

Literal Standard Version
They say to him, Because no one hired us; he says to them, Go—you also—to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous you will receive.

Majority Standard Bible
‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

New American Bible
They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’

NET Bible
They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.'

New Revised Standard Version
They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’

New Heart English Bible
"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

Webster's Bible Translation
They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that shall ye receive.

Weymouth New Testament
"'Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "'You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

World English Bible
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

Young's Literal Translation
they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

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Context
The Parable of the Workers
6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked. 7‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’ 8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’…

Cross References
Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20:6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?' he asked.

Matthew 20:8
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.'


Treasury of Scripture

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that shall you receive.

Because.

Acts 4:16
Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Acts 17:30,31
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: …

Romans 10:14-17
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? …

Go.

Matthew 22:9,10
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage…

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Luke 14:21-23
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind…

and.

Ephesians 6:8
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

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Matthew 20
1. Jesus, by the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, shows that God is debtor unto no man;
17. foretells his passion;
20. by answering the mother of Zebedee's children, teaches his disciples to be humble;
29. and gives two blind men their sight.














(7) Because no man hath hired us.--This, again, is one of the salient points of the parable. The last called labourers had not rejected any previous summons, and when called they obeyed with alacrity. They, too, came in full unquestioning faith.

Verse 7. - No man hath hired us. A poor excuse, because, had they been at their post earlier, work would have been offered them. Go ye also into the vineyard. The householder accepts the excuse, and, now that they are desiring to labour, engages them as the others, promising to give them what is fair. Their present willingness seems to compensate for their previous tardiness. The clause, "whatsoever is right," etc., is omitted by some good manuscripts, the Vulgate, and other versions. Thus no mention of reward is made to these - they were satisfied by being employed at all.

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Greek
‘Because
Ὅτι (Hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

no one
οὐδεὶς (oudeis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing.

has hired
ἐμισθώσατο (emisthōsato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3409: To hire out, mid: I hire, engage. From misthos; to let out for wages, i.e. to hire.

us,’
ἡμᾶς (hēmas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

they answered.
Λέγουσιν (Legousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

So he told
Λέγει (Legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

‘You
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

go
Ὑπάγετε (Hypagete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 5217: To go away, depart, begone, die. From hupo and ago; to lead under, i.e. Withdraw or retire, literally or figuratively.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

[my]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

vineyard.’
ἀμπελῶνα (ampelōna)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 290: A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.


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