Matius 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

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

Matius 20:13

20:13 And the landowner ²  replied to one of them, ³  ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage? ⁴ 

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

[20:13]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the landowner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:13]  ³ tn Grk “And answering, he said to one of them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:13]  ⁴ tn Grk “for a denarius a day.”