The Parable of the Workers
Matthew 20:13
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
- KJV
- But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- WEB
- “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
- ASV
- But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling?
- LSV
- And he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do no unrighteousness to you; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
- YLT
- 'And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?
- DBY
- But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
- DRC
- But he answering said to one of them: Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
- GNV
- And hee answered one of them, saying, Friend, I doe thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penie?
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place εἶπεν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read εἶπεν ἑνὶ αὐτῶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν· Ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν ἑνὶ αὐτῶν, Ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν ἑνὶ αὐτῶν, Ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;
- SCR1894
- ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν ενι αυτων εταιρε ουκ αδικω σε ουχι δηναριου συνεφωνησας μοι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 22:12‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
- Matthew 26:50“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
- Romans 9:14–15What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not! For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Job 34:8–12He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’ Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and…
- Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- Job 34:17–18Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One, who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
- Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
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