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Matthew 20:32

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Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 32

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. 32

καί (kaí, G2532) — and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other… Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs, G2424) — Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites ἵστημι (hístēmi, G2476) — to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or… φωνέω (phōnéō, G5455) — to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or… αὐτός (autós, G846) — the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the… ἔπω (épō, G2036) — to speak or say (by word or writing) τίς (tís, G5101) — an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) θέλω (thélō, G2309) — to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι)… ποιέω (poiéō, G4160) — to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) ὑμῖν (hymîn, G5213) — to (with or by) you

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