The New American Standard Bible
Book of Matthew
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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|Original Greek] "For R976 the R977 kingdom of heaven is like a F428 landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. R978
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|Original Greek] "When R979 he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius F429 for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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|Original Greek] "And R980 he went out about the third F430 hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;
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|Original Greek] and R981 to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And {so} they went.
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|Original Greek] "Again R982 he went out about the sixth F431 and the ninth hour, and did the F432 same thing.
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|Original Greek] "And R983 about the eleventh F433 {hour} he went out and found others standing {around;} and he *said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?'
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|Original Greek] "They R984 *said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He *said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'
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|Original Greek] "When R985 evening R986 came, the owner F434 of the vineyard *said to his foreman, R987 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last {group} to the 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|Original Greek] "When R988 those {hired} about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius. F435
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|Original Greek] "When R989 those {hired} first came, they thought that they would receive more; but F436 each of them also received a denarius.
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|Original Greek] "When R990 they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:12 JFB -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:12 PNT -> Commentary on 20:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:12 TFG -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Entry for 20:12 WEN -> Notes on 20:12 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 -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Wages WJD -> Devotional using 20:12 WJD -> Devotional using 20:12 20:12 - [In Context|Original Greek] saying, R991 'These last men have worked {only} one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching R992 heat of the day.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:13 JFB -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:13 PNT -> Commentary on 20:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:13 TFG -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Entry for 20:13 WEN -> Notes on 20:13 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Employer; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People); Works TTT -> Parables EBD -> Hireling; Penny; Wages SBD -> Denarius WJD -> Devotional using 20:13 WJD -> Devotional using 20:13 20:13 - [In Context|Original Greek] "But R993 he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:14 JFB -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:14 PNT -> Commentary on 20:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:14 TFG -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Entry for 20:14 WEN -> Notes on 20:14 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Employer; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Penny; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People); Works TTT -> Parables; Reward of Saints, The EBD -> Hireling; Wages WJD -> Devotional using 20:14 WJD -> Devotional using 20:14 20:14 - [In Context|Original Greek] 'Take R994 what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:15 JFB -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:15 PNT -> Commentary on 20:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:15 TFG -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Entry for 20:15 WEN -> Notes on 20:15 NTB -> Contracts; Employee; Employer; God (continued); Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Labor; Reward; Servant; Vineyard; Wages; Wicked (People); Works TTT -> Parables; Reward of Saints, The EBD -> Evil eye; Eye WJD -> Devotional using 20:15 WJD -> Devotional using 20:15 20:15 - [In Context|Original Greek] 'Is R995 it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye R996 envious F437 because I am generous?' F438
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 20:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 20:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 20:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:16 JFB -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:16 PNT -> Commentary on 20:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 20:16 TFG -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Entry for 20:16 WEN -> Notes on 20:16 NTB -> Chosen, Or Elected; Contracts; Gospel; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Kingdom Of Heaven; Predestination; Reward; Vineyard; Wicked (People) TTT -> Call of God, The; Election; Parables EBD -> Chosen WJD -> Devotional using 20:16 WJD -> Devotional using 20:16 20:16 - [In Context|Original Greek] "So R997 the R998 last shall be first, and the first last."
FOOTNOTES: F428: Lit Him F429: Or send away F430: Or send away F431: Or sends away F432: Lit fornication F433: Some early mss read makes her commit adultery F434: Some early mss add and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery F435: Or Permit the children F436: Or perfect F437: Lit the throne of His glory F438: One early ms adds or wife
CROSS REFERENCES: R976: John 11:55; 13:1 R977: Matthew 10:4 R978: John 11:47 R979: Matthew 26:58,69; 27:27; Mark 14:54,66; 15:16; Luke 22:55; John 18:15 R980: Matthew 26:57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; 18:13,14,24,28; Acts 4:6 R981: Matthew 12:14 R982: Matthew 27:24 R983: Matthew 26:6-13: { 14:3-9;} 7:37-39; John 12:1-8 R984: Matthew 21:17 R985: Luke 7:37 R986: Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8 R987: John 19:40 R988: Mark 14:9 R989: Matthew 26:14-16: { 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6} R990: Matthew 10:4; 26:25,47; 27:3; John 6:71; 12:4; 13:26; Acts 1:16 R991: Matthew 10:4 R992: Exodus 21:32; Zechariah 11:12 R993: Matthew 26:17-19: { 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13} R994: Exodus 12:18-20 R995: Mark 14:13; Luke 22:10 R996: John 7:6,8 R997: Matthew 26:20-24: { 14:17-21} R998: Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21

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 - The New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995; Audio Recording Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, (P) 1989 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For usage information, please read the NASB Copyright Statement.