Matthew 9:38

9:38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest ¹  to send out ²  workers into his harvest.”

Matthew 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ³  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ⁴  it was evening ⁵  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ⁶  starting with the last hired until the first.’

[9:38]  ¹ sn The phrase Lord of the harvest recognizes God’s sovereignty over the harvest process.

[9:38]  ² tn Grk “to thrust out.”

[20:1]  ³ 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.