the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Chinese Union (Simplified)
马太ç¦é³ 20:10
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最先作工的人也來了，以為會多得一點，但每個人也是領到一個銀幣。
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Reciprocal: Matthew 19:27 - what
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But when the first came,.... Who were early hired into the vineyard; and design either the first saints that were in the world; or the Jews that first believed in Christ, either really or nominally; or such, who were called by grace in their early days:
they supposed, or "hoped", as the Syriac version renders it,
that they should have received more; than a penny, a greater reward: not that they could expect it on the foot of their agreement, or on account of their work; but because they observed, that they that came last into the vineyard, had as much as they agreed for; and therefore hoped, from the goodness of their Lord to them, that they should receive more:
and they likewise received every man a penny; the selfsame privileges of the Gospel, and a title to the selfsame reward of free grace, the selfsame glory and happiness.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They supposed that they should have received more - They had worked longer - they had been in the heat; they supposed that it was his intention to pay them, not according to contract, but according to the time of the labor.
