Matthew Chapter 20 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 20:4

and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
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BBE Matthew 20:4

And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.
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DARBY Matthew 20:4

and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way.
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KJV Matthew 20:4

And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
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WEB Matthew 20:4

To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
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YLT Matthew 20:4

and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Ye also; implying that he had already set some to work at fixed wages. Whatsoever is right (δίκαιον); just and fair. He offers these no definite sum as remuneration, assuring them only that he will deal equitably with them; i.e. doubtless, according to their view, that he will give them three quarters of a day's wages, paying them pro rata. But at the end he treats them much more generously. Lightfoot notes that the Talmudists had tracts on the payment and regulation of labourers, and in their canons distinguished between being hired for a day and for some hours. They went their way, quite satisfied to leave their remuneration to the householder, with whom probably they were acquainted.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Whatsoever is right.--The absence of a definite contract in hiring the labourers who did less than the day's work obviously involved an implicit trust in the equity of the householder. They did not stipulate for wages, or ask, as the disciples had asked, "What shall we have therefore?" The implied lesson thus suggested is, that a little work done, when God calls us, in the spirit of trust, is better than much done in the spirit of a hireling.