Matthew 20:12 · KJV
“Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}”
— Matthew 20:12
And when they had received {it}, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew 20 — Context
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11And when they had received {it}, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
12Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}
13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14Take {that} thine {is}, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Cross References
Romans 11:5-6
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I {am} more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Luke 12:55
And when {ye see} the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Luke 14:10-11
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke 18:11-12
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men {are}, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Romans 9:30-32
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, {It is} better for me to die than to live. {vehement: or, silent}