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.


In Context

9 And when they who came to work about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

10 And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

11 And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

12 saying, 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.

13 But he answering said to one of them, My friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:12Saying, 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.