Matthew 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ¹  he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 21:34-35

21:34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves ²  to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. ³  21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, ⁴  killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 21:40

21:40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matthew 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ⁵  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ⁶  it was evening ⁷  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ⁸  starting with the last hired until the first.’

Matthew 21:38

21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 21:41

21:41 They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

[20:2]  ¹ tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

[21:34]  ² tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[21:34]  ³ tn Grk “to collect his fruits.”

[21:35]  ³ sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.

[20:1]  ⁴ sn The term landowner here refers to the owner and manager of a household.

[20:8]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:8]  ⁶ sn That is, six o’clock in the evening, the hour to pay day laborers. See Lev 19:13b.

[20:8]  ⁷ tc ‡ Most witnesses (including B D W Θ Ë^1,13 33^vid Ï latt sy) have αὐτοῖς (autois, “to them”) after ἀπόδος (apodos, “give the pay”), but this seems to be a motivated reading, clarifying the indirect object. The omission is supported by א C L Z 085 Or. Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes the pronoun on the basis of the greater external attestation.