Matthew 20:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, & sent them into his vineyarde.

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  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shall be as a deare treasure vnto me aboue all nations: for al the earth is myne. 6 Ye shalbe vnto me also a kingdome of priestes, & an holy people: And these are the wordes whiche thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel.
  • Deut 5:27-30 : 27 Go thou and heare all that the Lorde our God sayth, and tell thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God sayth vnto thee, and we wyll heare it, and do it. 28 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of your wordes when ye spake vnto me, and the Lorde sayde vnto me: I haue hearde the voyce of the wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayde all that they haue spoken. 29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they woulde feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes alway, that it myght go well with them, and with their childen for euer? 30 Go, and say vnto them, Get you into your tentes agayne:
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 (The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.)
  • 1 Sam 3:1 : 1 And the chylde Samuel ministred vnto the Lorde before Eli, and the worde of the Lord was precious in those dayes, neither was there any open vision.
  • 1 Sam 3:21 : 21 And the Lorde appeared againe in Silo: for the Lorde opened him selfe to Samuel in Silo, through the worde of the Lorde.
  • 1 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 And Samuel sayde vnto Isai: Are heare all thy children? He sayde: There is, yet a litle one behind, that kepeth the sheepe. And Samuel said vnto Isai, Sende and fet him: for we will not syt downe, till he be come hyther. 12 And he sent, and brought him in: And he was ruddie, and of an excellet beawtie, and wel fauoured in sight. And the Lorde said, Aryse & annoynt him: For this is he.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day. 7 And nowe O Lord my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt king in steade of Dauid my father: And I am but young, & wote not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude. 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing, 11 And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement:
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eyght yere of his raigne, when he was yet a childe, he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father: And in the twelfth yere he began to purge Iuda & Hierusalem from the high places, groues, carued images, and images of metall.
  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:
  • Matt 18:28 : 28 But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest.
  • Matt 20:13 : 13 But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?
  • Matt 22:19 : 19 Shewe me the tribute money. And they brought vnto hym a peny.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
  • Luke 10:35 : 35 And on the morowe when he departed, he toke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and sayde vnto hym, take cure of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come agayne, I wyll recompence thee.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 And I hearde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye: A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barly for a penie, and oyle and wine see thou hurt not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 20:1
    90%

    1For the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man, that is an householder, whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

  • Matt 20:3-15
    13 verses
    89%

    3And he went out about the thirde houre, and sawe other standyng idle in the market place,

    4And saide vnto them: Go ye also into ye vineyard, & whatsoeuer is right, I wyl geue you. And they went their way.

    5Agayne, he went out about the sixth and nynth houre, and dyd lykewyse.

    6And about the eleuenth houre, he wet out, and founde other standyng idle, and saide vnto them: why stande ye here all the day idle?

    7They saye vnto him: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them: go ye also into the vineyarde, and whatsoeuer is ryght, that shall ye receaue.

    8So, when euen was come, the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward: Call the labourers, and geue them their hire, beginning at ye last, vntyll the first.

    9And when they came, that were hired about the eleuenth houre, they receaued euery man a peny.

    10But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.

    11And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house,

    12Saying: These laste haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day.

    13But he aunswered to one of the, & said: Frende, I do thee no wrong: dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny?

    14Take that thyne is, and go thy way: I wyll geue vnto this last, euen as vnto thee.

    15Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?

  • Luke 20:9-16
    8 verses
    79%

    9Then began he to put foorth to the people this parable. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and let it foorth to husbande men, and went hym selfe into a straunge countrey for a great season.

    10And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.

    11And agayne, he sent yet another seruaunt: and hym they did beate, and entreated hym shamefully, and sent hym away emptie.

    12Agayne, he sent the thirde also: and hym they wounded, and cast hym out.

    13Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.

    14But when the husbande men sawe him, they reasoned within them selues, saying: This is the heyre, come, let vs kyll hym, that the inheritaunce may be ours.

    15And they cast him out of the vineyard, and kylled hym. What shall the Lorde of the vineyarde therfore do vnto them?

    16He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd.

  • Mark 12:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables. A certayne man planted a vineyarde, and compassed it about with an hedge, and ordeyned a wynepresse, and built a towre, and let it out vnto husbande men: and went into a straunge countrey.

    2And when the tyme was come, he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt, that he myght receaue of the husbandmen, of the fruite of the vineyarde.

    3And they caught hym, and beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.

  • Matt 21:28
    78%

    28But what thynke you? A man had two sonnes, and came to the firste, and saide: sonne, go and worke to day in my vineyarde.

  • Matt 21:33-35
    3 verses
    76%

    33Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey.

    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbande men, that they might receaue the fruites of it.

    35And the husbande men caught his seruauntes, and beatte one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Matt 18:23-25
    3 verses
    74%

    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

    24And when he had begunne to recken, one was brought vnto hym, which ought hym ten thousande talentes.

    25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

  • Matt 21:39-41
    3 verses
    74%

    39And they caught hym, and thrust him out of the vineyarde, and slewe hym.

    40When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth, what wyll he do vnto those husbande men?

    41They sayde vnto hym: He wyll miserably destroy those wicked men & wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men, which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons.

  • Matt 25:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Lykewyse, as a certayne man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes.

    15And vnto one, he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: to euery man after his habilitie, & strayght way departed.

  • Luke 10:2
    72%

    2Therefore sayde he vnto them: The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. Pray ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest, to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

  • Matt 22:5
    72%

    5But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize:

  • Mark 12:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And they toke hym, and kylled hym, and cast hym out of the vineyarde.

    9What shall therfore, the Lorde of the vineyarde do? He shal come, and destroy the husbandmen, and wyll geue the vineyarde vnto other.

  • Matt 9:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37Then sayth he vnto his disciples: the haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are fewe.

    38Pray ye therfore the lorde of the haruest, that he wyl thrust foorth labourers into the haruest.

  • Matt 25:19
    71%

    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Luke 19:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

    13And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come.

  • Luke 19:15
    71%

    15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

  • Matt 22:2
    71%

    2The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng, which made a mariage for his sonne.

  • Luke 16:5
    70%

    5So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister?