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Matthew 20:8

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

KJV

ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ· κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας καὶ ἀπόδος τὸν μισθὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων.

Greek NT

Cum sero autem factum esset, dicit dominus vineæ procuratori suo : Voca operarios, et redde illis mercedem incipiens a novissimis usque ad primos.

Vulgate

And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

ASV

And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μισθός
misthos
noun · 29×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
ἀμπελών
ampelon
noun · 23×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐπίτροπος
epitropos
noun · 3×
ἐργάτης
ergates
noun · 16×
ἔσχατος
eschatos
adjective · 53×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὄψιος
opsios
adjective · 14×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτοῖς
  • αὐτοῖςSBLGNT
  • αὐτοῖςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

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

Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 4:10 — As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
  • Deut 24:15 — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
  • Deut 24:15 — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
  • Rom 2:6 — Who will render to every man according to his deeds: