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Matthew 20:7

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

KJV

λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο. λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα.

Greek NT

Dicunt ei : Quia nemo nos conduxit. Dicit illis : Ite et vos in vineam meam.

Vulgate

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

ASV

They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into my vineyard.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μισθόω
misthoo
verb · 2×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
ἀμπελών
ampelon
noun · 23×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἀμπελῶνα | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀμπελῶνα | RP: + καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον λήψεσθε
  • ἀμπελῶναSBLGNT
  • ἀμπελῶναWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον λήψεσθεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 2:11 — Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
  • Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.