Matthew 20 (KJV) | Spark Bible (2024)

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What does Matthew verse 20 mean? ›

Jesus explains that greatness in His kingdom is not about ruling over others as the Gentiles do. Instead, those who would be great should serve the others. Whoever would be first must be a slave to the others. After all, Jesus has come to serve and not to be served.

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

ESV And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

A Prayer Prompted by the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard – Matthew 20:1-16. Heavenly Father, I count it as a privilege to serve you, so help me always to be content in my service. Help me also to be content with what you bless me with in the way of wages or rewards.

The disciples of Jesus will lose their saltiness when they compromise with the world or learn to love its ways. Instead of being different by remaining godly and faithful to Jesus, their love for wealth, fame, luxury or pleasure may lead to a loss of their saltiness.

The first half of the parable of the vineyard laborers introduces several important parabolic symbols in Jesus's allegory. The landowner represents God, and His vineyard is His kingdom. The laborers are those willing to work in the kingdom of heaven. The work is the things done for God and in His kingdom.

This parable teaches that all who choose to dedicate their lives to Him will receive the promised reward, regardless of when they may have begun to walk the covenant path. This lesson can help you feel hope that you will receive the blessings that Jesus Christ offers through His Atonement.

Jesus' call for followers to be "salt of the earth" carries those uses, symbolically, into our spiritual lives. As salt preserves meat from rotting, believers in Jesus, distributed around the world, help to preserve humanity from falling into godlessness, immorality, chaos, and the resulting judgment.

Context Summary

Jesus makes an obscure reference to His upcoming suffering, asking if they can "drink the cup" ahead of Him. He then notes they will experience their own persecution and suffering, yet greatness in His kingdom won't look like the flaunted authority of the Gentile rulers.

What does it mean to have a clean heart before God? ›

To have a clean heart in this life means to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, to allow Him to dwell in your heart. He can give you a new heart that feels love and compassion for others, and you will want to do good deeds and to live for God and for other people and not just for yourself.

Every treasure—here meaning money and objects—that can be stockpiled on earth is temporary. Having it comes with no guarantee of keeping it; it's not eternally reliable. Now Jesus tells His followers to focus instead on stockpiling treasures in heaven. These rewards are eternal.

He is symbolically referring to suffering and judgment, using a common picture from the Old Testament Scriptures. Jesus is asking if they are prepared to suffer as deeply as He is about to: when He will be tortured, sacrificed, and killed on the cross in Jerusalem.

casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:6–7). Therefore, the casting of our anxieties means trusting his might and trusting his care to fulfill specific promises that he makes to his children in their various situations of life.

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

The gospel reminds us the Kingdom of God doesn't work in such a way that the first believers or followers of Christ will be more gratified but all will receive the same grace from God. We have a generous God. He is equal to all despite all the circ*mstances or differences of the persons just like in the parable story.

The parable of the vineyard workers (Matthew 20: 1–16)

Jesus tells the parable of the workers in the vineyard to further explain what the Kingdom of God is like. A landowner goes out early in the morning and hires men, agreeing to pay them the daily rate - a silver coin for a day's work.

Jesus' call for followers to be "salt of the earth" carries those uses, symbolically, into our spiritual lives. As salt preserves meat from rotting, believers in Jesus, distributed around the world, help to preserve humanity from falling into godlessness, immorality, chaos, and the resulting judgment.

It's a way of speaking. It's a manner of getting a point across to say: “When we are tempted, Lord, lead us away from it. Get us out of it. Help us to flee it.” I know that sounds like the opposite of what it is saying, but that is the way the Hebrews thought and spoke.