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Matthew 20:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 20:12

Verse 12 of 34

Scripture focus

Saying, 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.

Matthew 20:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 20:12

Theological / Devotional

Equal unto us. Having witnessed the generosity of the owner toward all the other workmen, the men hired first naturally felt that they deserved more. They might have reasoned that if a man who had worked “but one hour” deserved one denarius, they deserved 12. They expected more because they did not understand the basis on which payment for the day’s work was being made (see on v. 15).

Heat. Gr. kauson, “burning heat [of the sun],” or “scorching heat [of the wind].” Kauson is used in the latter sense in the LXX to refer to the hot, blasting east wind, blowing in from the desert (see on Jer. 18:17).

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