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Matthew 20:31

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The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 31

PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. (Mat. 20:1-16) For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, &c.--The figure of a vineyard, to represent the rearing of souls for heaven, the culture required and provided for that purpose, and the care and pains which God takes in that whole matter, is familiar to every reader of the Bible. (Psa 80:8-16; Isa 5:1-7; Jer 2:21; Luk 20:9-16; Joh 15:1-8). At vintage time, as WEBSTER and WILKINSON remark, labor was scarce, and masters were obliged to be early in the market to secure it. Perhaps the pressing nature of the work of the Gospel, and the comparative paucity of laborers, may be incidentally suggested, Mat 9:37-38. The "laborers," as in Mat 9:38, are first, the official servants of the Church, but after them and along with them all the servants of Christ, whom He has laid under the weightiest obligation to work in His service.

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Strong's Concordancev. 31

δέ (dé, G1161) — but, and, etc. ὄχλος (óchlos, G3793) — a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people;… ἐπιτιμάω (epitimáō, G2008) — to tax upon, i.e. censure or admonish; by implication, forbid αὐτός (autós, G846) — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the… ἵνα (hína, G2443) — compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) σιωπάω (siōpáō, G4623) — properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing… κράζω (krázō, G2896) — properly, to "croak" (as a raven) or scream, i.e. (genitive case) to call aloud (shriek,… μεῖζον (meîzon, G3185) — (adverbially) in greater degree λέγω (légō, G3004) — properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or… ἐλεέω (eleéō, G1653) — to compassionate (by word or deed, specially, by divine grace) ἡμᾶς (hēmâs, G2248) — us κύριος (kýrios, G2962) — supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful… υἱός (huiós, G5207) — a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively,… Δαβίδ (Dabíd, G1138) — Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king

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Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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