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01-14-2010, 08:09 AM
What do you all guys think of this verse:
[Mt 20:1-16]:
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
(v. 1) "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
(v. 2) He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
(v. 3) "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
(v. 4) He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
(v. 5) So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
(v. 6) About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
(v. 7) " 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
(v. 8) "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
(v. 9) "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
(v. 10) So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
(v. 11) When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
(v. 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.'
(v. 13) "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
(v. 14) Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
(v. 15) Don't I have the right to do what I want with my
own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
(v. 16) "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Usual interpretation of the above verses is:
"By this illustration, Jesus was teaching that the matter of rewards is under the sovereign control of God, the 'Landowner' in the parable. God is the One before whom all accounts will be settled. Many who have prominent places will someday find themselves demoted. And many who often find themselves at the end of the line will find themselves promoted to the head of the line: The last will be first, and the first will be last.... In the final accounting, the Lord's analysis will carry the greatest and only important weight."
(MOV) My Own Version is :
The later people to work for the work of Christ will be the first to be resurrected and the earlier people who worked for the work of Christ will be the later to be resurrected. The reward is the same regardless of whether you died earlier or later, whether you worked longer or shorter, whether you worked harder or lesser. The criteria is based on the agreement to work for Christ for the reward of eternal life in the kingdom of heaven.
See my MOV interpretation in olive-green (this is just a fictitious analysis based on MOV):
(v. 1) "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
Christ went in his earlier days in his ministry to recruit people for His work for the kingdom of heaven (Christianity).
(v. 2) He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
The reward is eternal life and He recruited them to work for his kingdom.
(v. 3) "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
3 days later (perhaps AD 300 later), He saw people with no job and He recruited them to do the work for the kingdom of heaven.
(v. 4) He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
He told them to work for Him for the kingdom of heaven and He will pay them appropriately.
(v. 5) So they went.
They went to work for Christ as agreed.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
He recruited more people to work for His kingdom of heaven on the 6th day
(or AD 600) and the 9th day (or AD 900) and He will pay them appropriately.
(v. 6) About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
On the 11th day (or AD 1100), He could still find people to work for Him as some people have nothing to do.
(v. 7) " 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
They said, "No want has hired them". Then Jesus said, "You also go and work for my kingdom of heaven".
(v. 8) "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
On Judgement Day, Christ call his angels to gather the workers who worked for Him and reward them beginning with the last one that He hired to the first ones that He hired.
(v. 9) "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
The workers that He hired to work for His kingdom at the 11th day (or AD 1100) came and each received their reward of eternal life.
(v. 10) So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
Those that Christ hired first to work for His kingdom of heaven expected to receive more than eternal life but were only given only eternal life.
(v. 11) When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
Then those that Christ hired earlier for His kingdom of heaven began to grumble against Christ.
(v. 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.'
They said, "Those workers that you (Christ) hired during the 11th day (or AD 1100) worked such shorter time before the Judgement Day and you paid us equally to them when we who were hired earlier than them worked harder and longer than them".
(v. 13) "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
Christ answered them, " Friend, I am fair because you have agreed in agreement to work for the reward of eternal life ".
(v. 14) Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
"Take your reward and go. I, being the boss, want to pay the same reward to those I hired last the same to those that I hired first".
(v. 15) Don't I have the right to do what I want with my
own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
"Don't I, the boss, have the right to reward what I want to reward? Or are you jealous of my generosity?
(v. 16) "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
"So those who are hired to work for the kingdom of heaven later will be rewarded first and those who are hired to work for the kingdom of heaven earlier will be rewarded later in the kingdom of heaven".
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Many Blessings to all. :pray:
[Mt 20:1-16]:
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
(v. 1) "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
(v. 2) He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
(v. 3) "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
(v. 4) He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
(v. 5) So they went.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
(v. 6) About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
(v. 7) " 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
(v. 8) "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
(v. 9) "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
(v. 10) So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
(v. 11) When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
(v. 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.'
(v. 13) "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
(v. 14) Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
(v. 15) Don't I have the right to do what I want with my
own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
(v. 16) "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Usual interpretation of the above verses is:
"By this illustration, Jesus was teaching that the matter of rewards is under the sovereign control of God, the 'Landowner' in the parable. God is the One before whom all accounts will be settled. Many who have prominent places will someday find themselves demoted. And many who often find themselves at the end of the line will find themselves promoted to the head of the line: The last will be first, and the first will be last.... In the final accounting, the Lord's analysis will carry the greatest and only important weight."
(MOV) My Own Version is :
The later people to work for the work of Christ will be the first to be resurrected and the earlier people who worked for the work of Christ will be the later to be resurrected. The reward is the same regardless of whether you died earlier or later, whether you worked longer or shorter, whether you worked harder or lesser. The criteria is based on the agreement to work for Christ for the reward of eternal life in the kingdom of heaven.
See my MOV interpretation in olive-green (this is just a fictitious analysis based on MOV):
(v. 1) "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
Christ went in his earlier days in his ministry to recruit people for His work for the kingdom of heaven (Christianity).
(v. 2) He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
The reward is eternal life and He recruited them to work for his kingdom.
(v. 3) "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
3 days later (perhaps AD 300 later), He saw people with no job and He recruited them to do the work for the kingdom of heaven.
(v. 4) He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
He told them to work for Him for the kingdom of heaven and He will pay them appropriately.
(v. 5) So they went.
They went to work for Christ as agreed.
"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
He recruited more people to work for His kingdom of heaven on the 6th day
(or AD 600) and the 9th day (or AD 900) and He will pay them appropriately.
(v. 6) About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'
On the 11th day (or AD 1100), He could still find people to work for Him as some people have nothing to do.
(v. 7) " 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.
"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'
They said, "No want has hired them". Then Jesus said, "You also go and work for my kingdom of heaven".
(v. 8) "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'
On Judgement Day, Christ call his angels to gather the workers who worked for Him and reward them beginning with the last one that He hired to the first ones that He hired.
(v. 9) "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
The workers that He hired to work for His kingdom at the 11th day (or AD 1100) came and each received their reward of eternal life.
(v. 10) So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.
Those that Christ hired first to work for His kingdom of heaven expected to receive more than eternal life but were only given only eternal life.
(v. 11) When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
Then those that Christ hired earlier for His kingdom of heaven began to grumble against Christ.
(v. 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.'
They said, "Those workers that you (Christ) hired during the 11th day (or AD 1100) worked such shorter time before the Judgement Day and you paid us equally to them when we who were hired earlier than them worked harder and longer than them".
(v. 13) "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius?
Christ answered them, " Friend, I am fair because you have agreed in agreement to work for the reward of eternal life ".
(v. 14) Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you.
"Take your reward and go. I, being the boss, want to pay the same reward to those I hired last the same to those that I hired first".
(v. 15) Don't I have the right to do what I want with my
own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
"Don't I, the boss, have the right to reward what I want to reward? Or are you jealous of my generosity?
(v. 16) "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."
"So those who are hired to work for the kingdom of heaven later will be rewarded first and those who are hired to work for the kingdom of heaven earlier will be rewarded later in the kingdom of heaven".
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Many Blessings to all. :pray: