Every man a penny (ανα δηναριον κα αυτο). Literally, "themselves also a denarius apiece" (distributive use of ανα). Bruce asks if …

They supposed that they should have received more. They had worked longer; they had been in the heat; they supposed that it was his intent…

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more — Until this point, we can imagine the discipl…

Possibly the first felt their vanity wounded by being paid after the others. They used their waiting time to consider their own superiority to the …

Remigius of Auxerre: To establish the truth of the saying, “There are many who are first who will be last, and the last fi…

Laborers were customarily paid at the end of each day (cf. Leviticus 19:13). The foreman is told to pay each worker the standard day-lab…

But when the first came
Who were early hired into the vineyard; and design either the first saints that were in the …

This parable's primary purpose seems to show that although the Jews were first called into the vineyard, the gospel would eventually be preached to…

Above, the Lord spoke about the attainment of the kingdom of heaven by the common way of salvation and by the way of perfection. Because certain pe…