About the third hour, [nine o'clock in the morning], he saw others standing idle in the market place, and he said unto them; Go into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. The disciples most inadequately perceive His glory; but the Lord acts according to His own mind. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. He, on the contrary, insists not only that He was bound for the cross, but that its truth must be made good in any who will come after Him. Matthew 20 | NLT Bible | YouVersion The bodily presence of the Messiah was not needed. Used by permission. Jesus was no doubt very weakened by it. God is the great Householder, whose we are, and whom we serve; as a householder, he has work that he will have to be done, and servants that he will have to be doing; he has a great family in heaven and earth, which is named from Jesus Christ (Ephesians 3:15), which he is Owner and Ruler of. None the less does the Lord uphold it, purged of what accretions had come in to obscure its original and proper character. The ability to serve God is the gift of His grace. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. (Matthew 20:8-10) The landowner pays his workers. O Lord God, your grace to me is marvelous. Didst not thou agree to take up with heaven as thy portion, thy all, and to take up with nothing short of it? He takes accordingly the title of the "Son of man" for the first time in this gospel. "This [fellow]," etc. It puts the Devil on a level with God; it means that the Devil could dictate his terms to God, before he would let men go. Of course, both do preserve chronological order when it is compatible with the objects the Holy Spirit had in inspiring them; but in both the order of time is subordinated to still greater purposes which God had in view. b. The very next scene, the case of Jairus, the ruler, shows it. It does not seem exactly as a pictorial view of what the Lord was doing, or going to do, but rather the repeated pledge, that they were not to suppose that the evil He had judged in the elders of Jerusalem, or the grace freely going out to the Gentiles, in any way led Him. Didst not thou agree to take God's word for it? As the apostles were the first-fruits of the whole church, they appeared to possess some superiority; and Christ did not deny that they would sit as judges to govern the twelve tribes of Israel. Whatever the time may have been, whatever the incidents added by others, the account is given here for the purpose of showing, that as Israel's case was desperate, even unto death, so He, the Messiah, was the giver of life, when all, humanly speaking, was over. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! But it would be unusual for a wealthy "landowner" to locate his own . Thereon the Lord also has His word to say, first reminding Peter of his new name suitably to what follows. b. When did this take place, if we enquire into it merely as a matter of historical fact? "Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish; but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." They shall enter heaven, as was promised. All of this takes the simple picture Jesus gave too far. It shows us his kindness. But I do believe that in this parable, He is teaching that a person at the end of the road can turn, in the eleventh hour and come to God, and receive a share of the kingdom, equal share, as far as eternal life is concerned.Another thing that it teaches, I believe, is that we all will be rewarded for our faithfulness in our service to God. There was a strange inclusiveness in the suffering to which Jesus looked forward; it was a suffering in which no pain of heart or mind or body was to be lacking. God's delight is to pick out the hindmost for the first place, to the disparagement of the foremost in their own strength. Heartlight is supported by loving Christians from around the world. [6.] But nothing would stop the two blind men; for them it was a matter of sight or blindness, and nothing was going to keep them back. This gives an opportunity to teach what truly defiles not things that go into the man, but those things which, proceeding out of the mouth, come forth from the heart. Now what is Jesus seeking to teach by this parable of sending forth the laborers into the vineyard? 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Here is the first mention of the mode of Jesus death and of the Gentiles part in it (only the Romans could crucify people). (Carson). More and more excellent shall be the children of the desolate than those of the married wife,Isaiah 54:1. Who knows but that the church, in its old age, may be more fat and flourishing than ever, to show that the Lord is upright? There was value for Him to look at His coming trial, and to think and say, I will complete what My Father has given Me to do. These men did not all do the same work; but they did receive the same pay. The apostle startles at the thought of it; God forbid!Romans 3:5; Romans 3:6. Peter goes forth, but losing sight of the Lord in the presence of the troubled waves, and yielding to his ordinary experience, he fears the strong wind, and is only saved by the outstretched hand of Jesus, who rebukes his doubt. Blessed Paul guarded against this, when, though the chief of the apostles, he owned himself to be nothing, to be less than the least of all saints. Therefore what shall we have? If he will do it, it is not for us to gainsay; for he is in one mind, and who can turn him? In the next discourse we may hope to have the rest of his gospel. This is the more to be noticed, inasmuch as the gospel of Matthew has been in general adopted as the standard of time, save by those who have rather inclined to Luke as supplying the desideratum. This he said in the hearing of the disciple who would act the traitor: did no compunction visit his base heart? (Spurgeon), ii. Accordingly, here we have, first, the Lord judging the wrong thoughts of "Scribes and Pharisees which were of Jerusalem." We are going to Jerusalem. Jesus said, "They will scourge me. Matthew 20 - The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, What do you want Me to do for you? They said to Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. Out of the market-place, where, till they are hired into God's service, they stand idle (Matthew 20:3; Matthew 20:3), all the day idle (Matthew 20:6; Matthew 20:6). But there's a big twist. Many people are in the ministry for what they can receive (either materially or emotionally) from their people instead of for what they can give. [2.] The man's walk before them testifies to the reality of his forgiveness before God. Not only shall the Judge of all the earth do right, but what will not He do who gives all good? To convince the murmurer that he did no wrong, he refers him to the bargain: "Didst not thou agree with me for a penny? c. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you: The landowner did nothing to explain why he did it, other than simply to say I wish. The reasons for the landowners generosity were completely in the landowner himself, and not in the ones who received. of their own children, or of strangers?" The pattern is the Son of man saving the lost. To be like Christ he went to live in the slums, even though he himself was suffering from tuberculosis. In Matthew 17:1-27 another scene appears, promised in part to some standing there in Matthew 16:28, and connected, though as yet hiddenly, with the cross. it was not for the whole the Physician was needed. This furnishes occasion to the Pharisees to vent their unbelief: to them nothing is so offensive as grace, either in doctrine or in practice. He could and did form His instruments according to His own sovereign will. "I have seen the children of the world to come (elsewhere (e) it is, of the chamber), , "and they are few".''. The English translators have thus given the sense well; for the expression really conveys this slight, though the word "fellow" is printed in italics. It does not say, that " then there came a leper," or " immediately there came a leper." After Paul had preached on Mars Hill, there were those who said, "We will hear you again about this" ( Acts 17:32). "In God's economy," as someone has said, "there is no such thing as a most favoured nation clause." No sooner had Peter pronounced to Jesus the truth of His person, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," than Jesus holds the secret no longer. Out in the world, said Jesus, it is quite true that the great man is the man who controls others; the man to whose word of command others must leap; the man who with a wave of his hand can have his slightest need supplied. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why have you been standing here idle all day? They said to him, Because no one hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.. Then comes the boast of Peter, though for others as well as himself. 97. Reader, whosoever thou art, act in behalf of thy soul as these blind men did in behalf of their sight, and thy salvation is sure. Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16 - Working Preacher 2. The glory of Christ's person strengthens us, not only to understand His cross, but to take up ours. Can we dare to say, No man hath hired us?. (Compare Mark 3:13-19, andMark 6:7-11; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 6:1-49; Luke 9:1-62) The mission of the apostles did not take place till afterwards. The scribes, at the beginning of the chapter, could not hide from the Lord their bitter rejection of His glory as man on earth entitled, as His humiliation and cross would prove, to forgive. Probably thisto teach us that men who have wrought in Christ's service all their days may, by the spirit which they manifest at the last, make it too evident that, as between God and their own souls, they never were chosen workmen at all. The violent man, Herod, guilty of innocent blood, then reigned in the land, in contrast with whom goes Jesus into the wilderness, showing who and what He was the Shepherd of Israel, ready and able to care for the people. They knew that they were the chosen people, nor would they ever willingly forget that choice. "On his first night he was asked to share his bed with a man suffering from contagious itch. Yet He confidently said it would happen. And so they didn't really remember that He said He was going to rise the third day, until after the resurrection. In view of the context, the 12 disciples correspond to the workers hired at the beginning of the day, the beginning of Jesus public ministry. Now we see Jesus leaving Jericho, a great multitude of people thronging around Him, and these two blind men hearing the multitude passing by, and observing all of the bustle and activities saying, "what's going on, what's happening?" Outwardly it was a condition of comparative cleanness. That means that James and John were full cousins of Jesus; and it may well have been that they felt that this close relationship entitled them to a special place in his Kingdom. What Jesus Did! 45. Nor is this all. Heartlight Provides Positive Resources for Daily Christian Living. But, as I have stated, the choice and ordination of the twelve apostles had really taken place before the sermon on the mount, though not mentioned in Matthew, but in Mark and Luke. The man that was not called promises to go anywhere, in his own strength; but the man that was called feels the difficulty, and pleads a natural duty before following Jesus. Many are called, c.] This clause is wanting in BL, one other, and in the Coptic and Sahidic versions. d T. Hieros. Yet man, in face of all, is so deceived of the enemy, that he prefers to be left with the demons rather than enjoy the presence of the Deliverer. He's being despised and rejected. It was the creature doing his best, yet proving that he loved the creature more than the Creator. "As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil. I love that family strength among them. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Younger and of, Jesus' mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and. Matthew 20 - Wikipedia Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Third, this passage sheds a light on Jesus. It is not enough that Israel be awakened from the sleep of death, and see aright. Remember, God doesn't look at us the way this world does. For less than $5/mo. I can't wait until you send Jesus with power and show things as they should be and reward people based on their character, their hearts, their gratitude for your grace, and their service. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went. It is but a day's work that is here done. The point of the parable was that God will graciously do more for some of those who work for Him than His justice demands. [Note: Norman A. Huffman, "Atypical Features in the Parables of Jesus," Journal of Biblical Literature 97 (1978):209. Some consider that John the Baptist enquired solely for the sake of his disciples. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. After this, dismissing the multitudes, He retires alone, to pray, on a mountain, as the disciples toil over the storm-tossed lake, the wind being contrary. "That by His stripes you may be healed." I didn't come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give my life as a ransom for many ( Matthew 20:28 ). Yet let none, upon this presumption, put off their repentance till they are old. It is the end of the account of Jesus itinerant ministry, and its setting as they went out of Jericho points forward to the next town on the road, Jerusalem. (France). And everybody will always try to discourage you, but persist, for there is a whole new life. Yet is He the Son of man who hath power on earth to forgive sins; and He uses His authority. The men who were standing in the market-place were not street-corner idlers, lazing away their time. He did them no wrong, and had broken no promise. He had been preparing them for the new things, and the impossibility of making them coalesce with the old. It was the Father's revelation of the Son; flesh and blood had not revealed it to Peter, but, "my Father, which is in heaven." (Matthew 20:32-34) Jesus heals the two blind men. Is it not most sweet to see, that He who proves His divine glory at once associates us with Himself? In later days others will come in. of Scripture. iii. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. i. Here is demonstrated the new glory and the new greatness of suffering love and sacrificial service. 13. And now as they depart from Jericho. (1.) The first is, as it has been said, "All service ranks the same with God." Matthew 20:16 in all English translations, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Revelation, Paperback, Comfort Print, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation, NIV, The Story, Hardcover, Comfort Print: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People. The second is, "So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen." He realizes he offers nothing special to the Master, and the skills he has are but gifts from the Master. The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16); Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection (Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34); Greatness is Serving (Matthew 20:20-28); Two Blind Men Receive Their Sight (Matthew 20:29-34). That meant that they did believe him to be the Messiah, but it also meant that they were thinking of Messiahship in terms of kingly and of earthly power. 3. He came to occupy not a throne, but a cross. They cannot hurt the Christ. John is swifter of foot, and comes first to the sepulchre: but Peter has more courage, and goes first into it. My last word to Gods children is this: what does it matter, after all, whether we are first or whether we are last? Their expectation was so focused on Jesus establishing an immediate political kingdom, and these words from Jesus were so contrary to that anticipation, these words just went over their heads. "Can a woman forget her sucking child? And they said unto him, Because no man has hired us. He healed, and bore its burden on His heart before God, as truly as He took it away from men. Jesus stood and called them. The Gospels 3. You don't know what the challenge/date is until you scratch off a square similar to a scratch-off lottery ticket. The indulgence of the selfish, murmuring temper might hinder their election even to that work. For many are called, but few chosen.". Note, All that by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality, shall undoubtedly obtain eternal life (Romans 2:7), not as wages for the value of their work, but as the gift of God. How thoroughly did our Lord take a lowly place for our sakes! We are dependent, therefore, for determining this case, on the fact that Mark does habitually adhere to the chain of events. He is first of all betrayed by Judas to the chief priests, because Judas made a bargain with the priests to turn Jesus over to them. As for the Gentile, the Lord's proffer to go and heal his servant brought out the singular strength of his faith. [At the end of his parable about the Kingdom of Heaven being like workers hired at different times during the day, Jesus said,] "So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.". (Matthew 20:3-7) Through the day, the landowner continues to hire workers. Friend, I am doing you no wrong. But that they might not be carried away by ambition or vain confidence in themselves, it was necessary also to remind them that others, who would long afterwards be called, would be partakers of the same glory, because God is not limited to any person, but calls freely whomsoever He pleases, and bestows on those who are called whatever rewards He thinks fit. Jesus instructs His little band that discipleship is never designed as a quid pro quo formula of compensation. He said to them, 'Go you also to the vineyard.' And they joined the crowd following Him on up to Jerusalem.Remember at this point the heart of Jesus is very heavy, because He knows that He soon is going to be betrayed, mocked, scourged, crucified. Finally, this parable that illustrates the principle that Gods manner of rewarding is not like mans practice of giving rewards. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible Secondly, We are all called upon to be labourers in this vineyard. He makes some more useful than others, without regard to the time which they serve, and he will reward them accordingly. So the last will be first, and the first last. To eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man. d. Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve: Real ministry is done for the benefit of those ministered to, not for the benefit of the minister. Yet He confidently announced to His disciples that this would happen. Deuteronomy 15:9; 1 Samuel 18:9). (Carson), ii. b. The Lord admired the faith superior to Israel's, and took that occasion to intimate the casting out of the sons or natural heirs of the kingdom, and the entrance of many from east and west to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens. In this manner, each tribe successively chose four soldiers, till the legions were complete. They worked while the others were idle. You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: Both James and John had to be baptized in suffering as Jesus was, but their cups and baptisms were different. Here we find our Lord, after sending out the chosen witnesses of the truth (so momentous to Israel, above all) of His own Messiahship, realizing His utter rejection, yet rejoicing withal in God the Father's counsels of glory and grace, while the real secret in the chapter, as in fact, was His being not Messiah only, nor Son of man, but the Son of the Father, whose person none knows but Himself.

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