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.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- λέγοντες — SBLGNT
- λέγοντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὅτι — Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν — SBLGNT
- αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν — Westcott-Hort
- ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
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.