12 saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’
13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
15 aIs it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or bis your eye evil because I am good?’
Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection
17 aNow Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them,
18 a“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Matthew 20:14.
Matthew 20:1-16
In Matthew 20:1-16, the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard illustrates mercy toward willing laborers rather than rewards for idleness. Rewarding different levels of effort equally can be unjust because justice generally requires compensation to reflect the work, the sacrifice, and responsibility involved. Please keep in mind this sermon is about justice and mercy and compassion. And so we are looking at it from a point of how do we become just as God is just, and justice carries out punishments according to what is due.
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