Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
Chapter 20  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:1 JFB -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:1 PNT -> Commentary on 20:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 20:1 TFG -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Commentary on 20:1 TSK -> Entry for 20:1 WEN -> Notes on 20:1 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Morning; Parables; Servants; Vineyards EBD -> Hireling; Wages SBD -> Hour WJD -> Devotional using 20:1 WJD -> Devotional using 20:1 20:1 - [In Context] "The kingdom of heaven is like a man that owned some land. The man grew grapes on his land. One morning, the man went out very early to hire some other people to work in his field.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:2 JFB -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:2 PNT -> Commentary on 20:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:2 TFG -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Commentary on 20:2 TSK -> Entry for 20:2 WEN -> Notes on 20:2 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Money; Parables; Servants; Vineyards EBD -> Alabaster; Hireling; Penny; Wages SBD -> Denarius; Hour; Penny, Pennyworth; Spikenard; Wages WJD -> Devotional using 20:2 WJD -> Devotional using 20:2 20:2 - [In Context] The man agreed to pay the workers one silver coin F272 for working that day. Then the man sent the people into the field to work.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:3 JFB -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:3 PNT -> Commentary on 20:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:3 TFG -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Commentary on 20:3 TSK -> Entry for 20:3 WEN -> Notes on 20:3 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Day; Parables; Servants EBD -> Hireling; Market-place; Wages SBD -> Hour; Market-places WJD -> Devotional using 20:3 WJD -> Devotional using 20:3 20:3 - [In Context] "At about nine o'clock the man went to the market place and saw some other people standing there. These people were doing nothing.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:4 JFB -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:4 PNT -> Commentary on 20:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:4 TSK -> Commentary on 20:4 TSK -> Entry for 20:4 WEN -> Notes on 20:4 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages SBD -> Denarius; Hour WJD -> Devotional using 20:4 WJD -> Devotional using 20:4 20:4 - [In Context] So the man said to them, 'If you go and work in my field, I will pay you what your work is worth.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:5 JFB -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:5 PNT -> Commentary on 20:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:5 TSK -> Commentary on 20:5 TSK -> Entry for 20:5 WEN -> Notes on 20:5 NTB -> Aged; Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Day; Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages SBD -> Hour WJD -> Devotional using 20:5 WJD -> Devotional using 20:5 20:5 - [In Context] So the people went to work in the field. "The man went out again about twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock. Both times the man hired some other people to work in his field.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:6 JFB -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:6 PNT -> Commentary on 20:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:6 TSK -> Commentary on 20:6 TSK -> Entry for 20:6 WEN -> Notes on 20:6 NTB -> Aged; Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Idleness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages WJD -> Devotional using 20:6 WJD -> Devotional using 20:6 20:6 - [In Context] At about five o'clock the man went to the market place again. He saw some other people standing there. The man asked them, 'Why did you stand here all day doing nothing?'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:7 JFB -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:7 PNT -> Commentary on 20:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:7 TSK -> Commentary on 20:7 TSK -> Entry for 20:7 WEN -> Notes on 20:7 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Idleness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages SBD -> Denarius WJD -> Devotional using 20:7 WJD -> Devotional using 20:7 20:7 - [In Context] "The people said, 'No person gave us a job.' "The man said to them, 'Then you can go and work in my field.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:8 JFB -> Commentary on 20:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:8 PNT -> Commentary on 20:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:8 TFG -> Commentary on 20:8 TSK -> Commentary on 20:8 TSK -> Entry for 20:8 WEN -> Notes on 20:8 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages SPG -> Devotional using 20:8 WJD -> Devotional using 20:8 WJD -> Devotional using 20:8 20:8 - [In Context] "At the end of the day, the owner of the field said to the boss of all the workers, 'Call the workers and pay all of them. Start by paying the last people I hired. Then pay all of them, ending with the workers I hired first.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:9 JFB -> Commentary on 20:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:9 PNT -> Commentary on 20:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 20:9 TFG -> Commentary on 20:9 TSK -> Commentary on 20:9 TSK -> Entry for 20:9 WEN -> Notes on 20:9 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Penny; Wages SBD -> Denarius WJD -> Devotional using 20:9 WJD -> Devotional using 20:9 20:9 - [In Context] "The workers that were hired at five o'clock came to get their pay. Each worker got one silver coin. F273
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:10 JFB -> Commentary on 20:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:10 PNT -> Commentary on 20:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:10 TFG -> Commentary on 20:10 WEN -> Notes on 20:10 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Employer; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People) TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages SBD -> Denarius WJD -> Devotional using 20:10 WJD -> Devotional using 20:10 20:10 - [In Context] Then those workers that were hired first came to get their pay. Those workers thought they would be paid more than the other workers. But each one of those workers also received one silver coin.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:11 JFB -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:11 PNT -> Commentary on 20:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:11 TFG -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Entry for 20:11 WEN -> Notes on 20:11 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Employer; Gospel; Hours; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People); Works TTT -> Murmuring; Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages WJD -> Devotional using 20:11 WJD -> Devotional using 20:11 20:11 - [In Context] When they got their silver coin, these workers complained to the man that owned the land.
FOOTNOTES: F272: silver coin   A Roman denarius. One coin was the average pay for one day's work. F273: silver coin   A Roman denarius. One coin was the average pay for one day's work.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.