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Matthew 20:1-16
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19:30But many who are first
will be last, and many who are last will be first.
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1“For the kingdom of heaven
is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his
vineyard.
2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3“About nine in the morning
he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4He told them, ‘You also go
and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
5So they went. “He went out
again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.
6About five
in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all
day long doing nothing?’
7“‘Because
no one has hired us,’ they answered.
“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
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.’
9“The workers who were hired
about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.
10So when those came who were
hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received
a denarius.
11When they received it, they
began to grumble against the landowner.
12‘These 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.’
13“But he answered one of
them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius?
14Take your pay and go. I
want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.
15Don’t I have the right to
do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
16“So the
last will be first, and the first will be last.”
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1)
Is verse 19:30
included in VisionCasting-Matthew19.16-30?
o
Yes.
2)
Why is verse 19:30
included here?
o
It is included here
to provide continuity of context.
3)
According to
verse 1 what is the kingdom of heaven
like?
o
The kingdom of
heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers
for his vineyard.
4)
Whom does the landowner
represent?
o
The landowner
represents God.
5)
According to
verse 2 what was the agreement between the
landowner and the workers?
o
He
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Agreed to pay
them a denarius for the day.
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And sent them
into his vineyard.
6)
According to
verses 3 and 4 what did the landowner do
in order to get more people working in his vineyard?
o
About nine in the
morning he
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Went out to the
marketplace.
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Told those who were
idle to work in his vineyard.
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And promised to
pay them whatever is right.
7)
According to
verse 5 what did the landowner do again in order to get more people to work in his vineyard?
o
He
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Went out again
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About noon.
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And about three
in the afternoon.
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And did the same
thing.
8)
According to
verses 6 and 7 what did the landowner
learn about the situation of some people standing there all day long doing
nothing when he went out about five in
the afternoon?
o
It is because no
one had hired them
9)
According to
verse 7 what did the landowner tell those
people who were standing there doing nothing about five in the afternoon?
o
He told them to
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Go.
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And work in his
vineyard.
10)
According to
verse 8 what did the owner of the vineyard tell his foreman to do when
evening came?
o
Call the workers.
o
And pay them
their wages,
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Beginning with
the last ones hired.
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And going on to
the first.
11)
According to
verse 9 what did workers who were hired about five in the afternoon
each receive?
o
Each received a denarius.
12)
According to
verse 10 what was the expectation of
those who were hired first and what did they
each actually receive?
o
They expected to
receive more.
o
But each one of
them also received a denarius.
13)
According to
verses 11 and 12 what was the reaction of
those who were hired first?
o
They began to
grumble against the landowner
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That those who
were hired last worked only one hour.
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And that he had made
the late-comers equal to them who had borne
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The burden of the
work.
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And the heat of
the day.
14)
According to
verses 13 to 15 what was the response of the
landowner to the complainers?
o
He was not being unfair to those who worked all day.
o
Because
o
They were paid what they were promised.
o
Furthermore they
had no right to complain.
o
Because
o
He had the
right to be generous
with those who were hired last with his own
money.
15)
According to
verse 15 how did the landowner turn the table on the complainers?
o
He questioned them
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If they were envious.
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Because he was
generous.
16)
What does the parable
teach us?
o
God is sovereign
in the way he grants his grace of eternal life with
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Some having to
bear more burden in this life.
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And others less.
o
We have no right
to grumble against God’s providence.
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If
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We have to bear
more burden.
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Because
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We will receive
the promised eternal life.
17)
According to
verse 16 how will those turn out who bear
more burden in this life and who grumble against God’s providence?
o
They will become last
from being first.
18)
According to
verse 16 how will those turn out who bear
less burden in this life?
o
They will become first from being last.
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Matthew 20:1-16
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