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A Promise, Not a Contract
Commentators highlight a key difference in this hiring. Unlike the first workers who agreed to a specific wage, this group was simply promised "whatsoever is right." They went to work based on their trust in the landowner's character and fairness, not on a detailed contract. This models a faith that relies on God's goodness and justice, even when the exact outcome isn't specified.
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Matthew
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 20:4
18th Century
Theologian
Whatever is right. Whatever it will appear you can earn. The contract with the first was definite; with this one it depended on the judgme…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 20:4
Whatsoever is right (ο εαν η δικαιον). "Is fair" (Allen), not anything he pleased, but a just proportionate wage. Indefinite relat…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 20:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and wh…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 20:4
There were twelve “hours” from dawn to sundown. The third hour (v.3) would be about 9:00 A. M., the sixth about 12:00 noon., and the eleventh about…
John Gill
On Matthew 20:4
17th Century
Pastor
And said unto them, go you also into the vineyard
Expressive of a call of divine grace out of the world, into the ch…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 20:1–16
17th Century
Minister
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…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 20:1–16
13th Century
Philosopher
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…