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NASB | Matthew 20:4 and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And so they went. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 20:4 and he said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).' And they went. |
Bible Question: What signifance, if any, when he agrees on a penny to whatsoever is right? |
Bible Answer: Greetings, In order to understand verse 4 you must look at the whole parable. This is a parable concerning the "11th hour". The owner of the vineyard represents God and the vineyard is His kingdom. The laborers are those who have heard the gospel and chose to live for God from the time of Christ until the 11th hour. The hours that the laborers heard the call for the first time might also mean the time of your life that you heard the call - in childhood right up to death. One interpretation is that God gives eternal life to all who respond to Him. The denarius (worth about 17 cents) represents eternal life which is given to all workers equally at the end of the age. Another interpretation is that God's rewards depend on His sovereign grace. A third view of the parable is that it's main teaching focuses on the faithfulness of the workers, not on the amount of work nor the size of the task. The point here is that there is a warning for Christians, those who feel they deserve more than others question God's grace and in the process rob themselves of the joy of receiving God's grace to them. God's ways of determining rewards in the kingdom is different than man's. prayon |
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