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Matthew 20:12

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

KJV

λέγοντες· οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

Greek NT

dicentes : Hi novissimi una hora fecerunt, et pares illos nobis fecisti, qui portavimus pondus diei, et æstus.

Vulgate

saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

ASV

Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάρος
baros
noun · 6×
βαστάζω
bastazo
verb · 27×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καύσων
kauson
noun · 3×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἔσχατος
eschatos
adjective · 53×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἴσος
isos
adjective · 8×
o
article · 19778×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: λέγοντες | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγοντες | RP: + ὅτι
  • λέγοντεςSBLGNT
  • λέγοντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὅτιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν | WH: αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν | Treg/NIV/RP: ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς
  • αὐτοὺς ἡμῖνSBLGNT
  • αὐτοὺς ἡμῖνWestcott-Hort
  • ἡμῖν αὐτοὺςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:23 — Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
  • Luke 12:55 — And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
  • Luke 14:10 — But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that
  • Rom 11:5 — Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.