Matthew

Matthew 20:1

¹“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	γάρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
the	ἡ	hē	Article - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
kingdom	βασιλεία	basileia	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G932 kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom
of	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
heaven	οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3772 the sky, the heaven
is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
like	Ὁμοία	Homoia	Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3664 like, similar to
a landowner	οἰκοδεσπότῃ	oikodespotē	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G3617 a head of a household
who	ὅστις	hostis	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever
went out	ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1831 I go out, come out
early in	ἅμα	hama	Preposition	G260 at the same time, along with
morning	πρωῒ	prōi	Adverb	G4404 early in the morning, at dawn
to hire	μισθώσασθαι	misthōsasthai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle	G3409 I hire out, hire, engage
workers	ἐργάτας	ergatas	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G2040 a field-laborer, workman
for	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
vineyard	ἀμπελῶνα	ampelōna	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G290 a vineyard

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Matthew 13:47 · Matthew 13:24 · 1 Corinthians 15:58 · Hebrews 13:21 · John 15:1 · Matthew 22:2 · Matthew 25:1 · Song of Solomon 8:11–12 · Isaiah 5:1–2 · Matthew 13:33 · Matthew 21:33–43 · Matthew 9:37–38

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.