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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. …
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
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. …
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. …
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)This parable of the labourers in the vineyard is intended, I. To represent to us the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 20:1), that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation. The laws of that kingdom are not wrapt up in parables, but plainly set down, as in the sermon upon the mount; but the mysteries of that kingdom are delivered in parables, in sacraments, as here and Matt. 13:1-58 The duties of C…
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