Matthew 20:9

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Matthew 20:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

10 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

11 On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

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Matthew 20:2

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:6

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

Matthew 20:7

‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

Luke 23:40

But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

Luke 23:41

We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:42

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Luke 23:43

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Romans 4:3

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Romans 4:4

Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

Romans 4:5

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:6

And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:8

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:9

not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

1 Timothy 1:16

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.