12Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.


In Context

9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the manager of the house,

12 Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do you no wrong: did not you agree with me for a penny?

14 Take that your is, and go your way: I will give to this last, even as to you.

Matthew 20:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Saying, 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:12'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Saying: These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:12saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:12saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:12that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.