That is the principal point Christ himself drew from the parable. Along with Peter, James and John were the disciples privileged to be with Jesus at his Transfiguration (17:1) and Gethsemane (26:37). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/scn/matthew-20.html. BibliographyGill, John. Karl Jacobson | 9 Comments. 23:31-34; Zech. 27Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant” (Greek:doulos). When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and he said to them, `You also go into the vineyard, and I … Cf. Each generation must relearn the lesson of this verse. If you don't come apart, you WILL come apart."[1].
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Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16 . 65. Suppose that some incredibly wealthy and fabulous city, such as New York, should be sold for fifteen cents, or fifteen dollars! That is what Jesus sought to do with this parable. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/matthew-20.html. Instead, Jesus instructs them about the kingdom of God—its rules—how it works. ‘Is your eye evil.’ This metaphor almost certainly has in mind Deuteronomy 15:9 where it represents the eye that is ungenerous towards the needy. The fifth, when sickness and the infirmities of life press upon us. Is your eye evil, because I am good?
"The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". A ransom for many! If, as the householder suggested, they had been standing around all day, why had they not been hired already? The wife of Zebedee did a noble thing in worshipping Jesus; but her request was founded in ignorance of what his kingdom would be. If Matthew 18:15-20 Is Not Followed, This Does Not Make the Sinner Any Less Guilty How the mother of James and John can be so dense? Go to, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD, THE THIRD PROPHETIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PASSION. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. • After the second prediction (17:22-23), the disciples “were exceedingly sorry” (17:23). "E.W. 12Saying, 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. cheerfully and freely: so an "evil eye" intends envy and covetousness, as it does here: and the sense is, art thou envious at the good of others, and covetous and greedy to monopolize all to thyself, because I am liberal, kind, and beneficent?
This parable is a reduction of the whole economy of redemption to such a minute scale that those apostles, accustomed to dealing with small things, would have no difficulty at all grasping the truth. 25-28).
"John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". Copyright StatementJames Burton Coffman Commentaries reproduced by permission of Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. or is thine eye evil, because I am good? cheerfully and freely: so an "evil eye" intends envy and covetousness, as it does here: and the sense is, art thou envious at the good of others, and covetous and greedy to monopolize all to thyself, because I am liberal, kind, and beneficent? "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". The fourth, in the decline of life, Matthew 20:5.
No one can suppose that the householder (God) in this parable would have rewarded the workers for labor in any field but His own.
Used by permission of Broadman Press (Southern Baptist Sunday School Board). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/egt/matthew-20.html. We have enlisted hundreds of friends -- biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching -- to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. evil = grudging. 1896. This is exactly what Christ was fighting in this parable. This account is nearly identical to Mark 10:35-45 with two exceptions: • Mark has James and John making the request instead of their mother.
The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hac/matthew-20.html. The request of the wife of Zebedee meant that she wanted James and John to be the first and second ministers in the coming kingdom, envisioning such offices, no doubt, as those of Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer! "Commentary on Matthew 20:15".
The meek and trustful spirit is to be desired; so also is the worker; but neither class of people, nor yet another class combining the virtues of both, can in any degree merit salvation. Matthew 20:1. Here the sense is: Art thou envious because I am just?
Before reading any further in this commentary take a moment to re-read Matthew 20:1-16 and think about this question. Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. [1] Vance Havner, Pepper and Salt (Westwood, New Jersey, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1966), p. 9. "Commentary on Matthew 20:15". "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". Difficult as that may appear, however, the analogy Jesus sought to convey in this situation, and as it applies to spiritual things, is far easier to understand. We should be careful not to judge the disciples too harshly for their failure to understand. In Mark 7:22, it appears among the “evil things” that come from the heart. In spite of their lack of merit, the good householder required them to pick it up, thus giving it to them in spite of their forfeiture. And why were they angry? • Mark also has Jesus asking James and John if they are able to be “baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” (Mark 10:38).
Jesus’ announcement says that his “fate in Jerusalem will be no tragic accident of history but the outworking of God’s saving purposes for humanity” (Hagner). Trench summarized the difficulties thus: The problem of the time or place of this miracle, whether as Christ was leaving or entering Jericho, disappears in the light of what is certainly known about that locality. To be sure, the difficulty might be avoided by making this incident an inert or inactive part of the parable; but it received too much stress for that. His money was lawfully His, so that He could do with it what He would. (ed. We have the advantage of any number of stories in the Gospels that teach us to honor service rather than power, but we often fail to do so. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. "The Adam Clarke Commentary". Whether thin iye is wickid, for Y am good?- Wycliffe Bibleis it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own?
W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton. Copyright StatementJames Burton Coffman Commentaries reproduced by permission of Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. Of thine own we give thee; for all that is in the heaven and the earth is thine. See what over 145,000 subscribers are already receiving each day.