Matthew 20:12 saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked ...

20:12 AMP

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Amplified Bible - saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’
新标点和合本 - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那些后来的只做了一小时，你竟待他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那些后来的只做了一小时，你竟待他们和我们一样吗？’
当代译本 - ‘那些最晚来的人只工作了一小时，而我们在烈日下辛苦了一整天，怎么会领同样的工钱呢？’
圣经新译本 - ‘我们整天在烈日之下劳苦，这些后来的人只工作了一个小时，你却给他们跟我们一样的工钱。’
中文标准译本 - 说：‘这些最后来的人只工作了一个小时，而我们经受了一天的劳累和炎热，你却把他们和我们同等看待！’
现代标点和合本 - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本（拼音版） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
New International Version - ‘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.’
New International Reader's Version - ‘These people who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said. ‘You have paid them the same as us. We have done most of the work and have been in the hot sun all day.’
English Standard Version - saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
New Living Translation - ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
Christian Standard Bible - ‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day’s work and the burning heat.’
New American Standard Bible - saying, ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day’s work and the scorching heat.’
New King James Version - saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’
American Standard Version - saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
King James Version - Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
New English Translation - saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’
World English Bible - saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
新標點和合本 - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那後來的只做了一小時，你竟叫他們和我們一樣嗎？』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那些後來的只做了一小時，你竟待他們和我們一樣嗎？』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那些後來的只做了一小時，你竟待他們和我們一樣嗎？』
當代譯本 - 『那些最晚來的人只工作了一小時，而我們在烈日下辛苦了一整天，怎麼會領同樣的工錢呢？』
聖經新譯本 - ‘我們整天在烈日之下勞苦，這些後來的人只工作了一個小時，你卻給他們跟我們一樣的工錢。’
呂振中譯本 - 說：「這些末後的作了一個鐘頭的工，你竟讓他們跟我們這擔受一天之重擔和熱氣的平等呀！」
中文標準譯本 - 說：『這些最後來的人只工作了一個小時，而我們經受了一天的勞累和炎熱，你卻把他們和我們同等看待！』
現代標點和合本 - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那後來的只做了一小時，你竟叫他們和我們一樣嗎？』
文理和合譯本 - 我終日任勞當暑、後至者、僅工作片時、乃使之與我等耶、
文理委辦譯本 - 我當暑、終日任勞、後至者、僅片時工作、乃使之與我等乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕終日負苦當暑、彼後至者、工作僅半時、爾竟使之與我相等乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 「我儕辛勞終日、備嘗炎蒸；斯輩後進、工僅半晷、何與我儕一律待遇耶？」
Nueva Versión Internacional - “Estos que fueron los últimos en ser contratados trabajaron una sola hora —dijeron—, y usted los ha tratado como a nosotros que hemos soportado el peso del trabajo y el calor del día”.
현대인의 성경 - ‘나중에 온 사람들은 한 시간밖에 일하지 않았는데 종일 더위에 시달리며 수고한 우리와 똑같이 대우해 줍니까?’
Новый Русский Перевод - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - « Ceux-là sont arrivés les derniers, disent-ils, ils n’ont travaillé qu’une heure, et tu leur as donné autant qu’à nous qui avons travaillé dur toute la journée sous la forte chaleur. »
Nestle Aland 28 - λέγοντες· οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγοντες, οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
Nova Versão Internacional - dizendo-lhe: ‘Estes homens contratados por último trabalharam apenas uma hora, e o senhor os igualou a nós, que suportamos o peso do trabalho e o calor do dia’.
Hoffnung für alle - ›Die Leute, die du zuletzt eingestellt hast, haben nur eine Stunde gearbeitet, und du zahlst ihnen dasselbe wie uns. Dabei haben wir uns den ganzen Tag in der brennenden Sonne abgerackert!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - ‘Mấy người đến sau chỉ làm có một giờ, sao chủ trả cho họ bằng chúng tôi? Chúng tôi phải làm việc vất vả và phơi nắng suốt ngày!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ‘คนมาทีหลังทำงานแค่ชั่วโมงเดียวกลับได้เท่าๆ กับเราที่ตรากตรำกรำแดดมาทั้งวัน’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ‘คนพวกสุดท้ายนี้ทำงานเพียงชั่วโมงเดียว แล้วท่านจ่ายให้เท่ากับเราขณะที่เราต้องตรากตรำทนแดดมาทั้งวัน’

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Malachi 1:13 - You also say, ‘How tiresome this is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery, and the lame or the sick [animals]; this you bring as an offering! Should I receive it with pleasure from your hand?” says the Lord.
James 1:11 - For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away; so too will the rich man, in the midst of his pursuits, fade away.
1 Corinthians 4:11 - To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
Jonah 4:8 - When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Romans 3:30 - since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.
Malachi 3:14 - You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What profit is it if we keep His ordinances, and walk around like mourners before the Lord of hosts?
Ephesians 3:6 - [it is this:] that the Gentiles are now joint heirs [with the Jews] and members of the same body, and joint partakers [sharing] in the [same divine] promise in Christ Jesus through [their faith in] the good news [of salvation].
Isaiah 58:2 - Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways, As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, They delight in the nearness of God.
Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do], And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Romans 3:22 - This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s Son]. There is no distinction,
Romans 3:23 - since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:24 - and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:27 - Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Zechariah 7:3 - speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”
Zechariah 7:4 - Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me (Zechariah), saying,
Zechariah 7:5 - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Luke 15:29 - But he said to his father, ‘Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never neglected or disobeyed your command. Yet you have never given me [so much as] a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
Luke 15:30 - but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’
Romans 10:1 - Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Luke 18:11 - The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:12 - I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
Romans 9:30 - What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;
Romans 9:31 - whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Are they [self-proclaimed] servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if I were out of my mind—I am more so [for I exceed them]; with far more labors, with far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, and often in danger of death.
2 Corinthians 11:24 - Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
2 Corinthians 11:25 - Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea;
2 Corinthians 11:26 - many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;
2 Corinthians 11:27 - in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].
2 Corinthians 11:28 - Besides those external things, there is the daily [inescapable] pressure of my concern for all the churches.
Luke 12:55 - And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it happens.
Luke 14:10 - But when you are invited, go and sit down [to eat] at the last place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; and then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at the table with you.
Luke 14:11 - For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted.”
Romans 11:5 - So too then, at the present time there has come to be a remnant [a small believing minority] according to God’s gracious choice.
Romans 11:6 - But if it is by grace [God’s unmerited favor], it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace [it would not be a gift but a reward for works].

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Amplified Bible - saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’
新标点和合本 - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那些后来的只做了一小时，你竟待他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本2010（神版-简体） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那些后来的只做了一小时，你竟待他们和我们一样吗？’
当代译本 - ‘那些最晚来的人只工作了一小时，而我们在烈日下辛苦了一整天，怎么会领同样的工钱呢？’
圣经新译本 - ‘我们整天在烈日之下劳苦，这些后来的人只工作了一个小时，你却给他们跟我们一样的工钱。’
中文标准译本 - 说：‘这些最后来的人只工作了一个小时，而我们经受了一天的劳累和炎热，你却把他们和我们同等看待！’
现代标点和合本 - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
和合本（拼音版） - ‘我们整天劳苦受热，那后来的只做了一小时，你竟叫他们和我们一样吗？’
New International Version - ‘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.’
New International Reader's Version - ‘These people who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said. ‘You have paid them the same as us. We have done most of the work and have been in the hot sun all day.’
English Standard Version - saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
New Living Translation - ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
Christian Standard Bible - ‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day’s work and the burning heat.’
New American Standard Bible - saying, ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day’s work and the scorching heat.’
New King James Version - saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’
American Standard Version - saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
King James Version - Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
New English Translation - saying, ‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’
World English Bible - saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
新標點和合本 - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那後來的只做了一小時，你竟叫他們和我們一樣嗎？』
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那些後來的只做了一小時，你竟待他們和我們一樣嗎？』
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那些後來的只做了一小時，你竟待他們和我們一樣嗎？』
當代譯本 - 『那些最晚來的人只工作了一小時，而我們在烈日下辛苦了一整天，怎麼會領同樣的工錢呢？』
聖經新譯本 - ‘我們整天在烈日之下勞苦，這些後來的人只工作了一個小時，你卻給他們跟我們一樣的工錢。’
呂振中譯本 - 說：「這些末後的作了一個鐘頭的工，你竟讓他們跟我們這擔受一天之重擔和熱氣的平等呀！」
中文標準譯本 - 說：『這些最後來的人只工作了一個小時，而我們經受了一天的勞累和炎熱，你卻把他們和我們同等看待！』
現代標點和合本 - 『我們整天勞苦受熱，那後來的只做了一小時，你竟叫他們和我們一樣嗎？』
文理和合譯本 - 我終日任勞當暑、後至者、僅工作片時、乃使之與我等耶、
文理委辦譯本 - 我當暑、終日任勞、後至者、僅片時工作、乃使之與我等乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕終日負苦當暑、彼後至者、工作僅半時、爾竟使之與我相等乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 「我儕辛勞終日、備嘗炎蒸；斯輩後進、工僅半晷、何與我儕一律待遇耶？」
Nueva Versión Internacional - “Estos que fueron los últimos en ser contratados trabajaron una sola hora —dijeron—, y usted los ha tratado como a nosotros que hemos soportado el peso del trabajo y el calor del día”.
현대인의 성경 - ‘나중에 온 사람들은 한 시간밖에 일하지 않았는데 종일 더위에 시달리며 수고한 우리와 똑같이 대우해 줍니까?’
Новый Русский Перевод - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - «Те, кого ты нанял последними, работали всего один час, и ты заплатил им столько же, сколько и нам, а мы трудились в такую жару весь день!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - « Ceux-là sont arrivés les derniers, disent-ils, ils n’ont travaillé qu’une heure, et tu leur as donné autant qu’à nous qui avons travaillé dur toute la journée sous la forte chaleur. »
Nestle Aland 28 - λέγοντες· οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγοντες, οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.
Nova Versão Internacional - dizendo-lhe: ‘Estes homens contratados por último trabalharam apenas uma hora, e o senhor os igualou a nós, que suportamos o peso do trabalho e o calor do dia’.
Hoffnung für alle - ›Die Leute, die du zuletzt eingestellt hast, haben nur eine Stunde gearbeitet, und du zahlst ihnen dasselbe wie uns. Dabei haben wir uns den ganzen Tag in der brennenden Sonne abgerackert!‹
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - ‘Mấy người đến sau chỉ làm có một giờ, sao chủ trả cho họ bằng chúng tôi? Chúng tôi phải làm việc vất vả và phơi nắng suốt ngày!’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ‘คนมาทีหลังทำงานแค่ชั่วโมงเดียวกลับได้เท่าๆ กับเราที่ตรากตรำกรำแดดมาทั้งวัน’
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ‘คนพวกสุดท้ายนี้ทำงานเพียงชั่วโมงเดียว แล้วท่านจ่ายให้เท่ากับเราขณะที่เราต้องตรากตรำทนแดดมาทั้งวัน’

Malachi 1:13 - You also say, ‘How tiresome this is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery, and the lame or the sick [animals]; this you bring as an offering! Should I receive it with pleasure from your hand?” says the Lord.
James 1:11 - For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away; so too will the rich man, in the midst of his pursuits, fade away.
1 Corinthians 4:11 - To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.
Jonah 4:8 - When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Romans 3:30 - since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.
Malachi 3:14 - You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What profit is it if we keep His ordinances, and walk around like mourners before the Lord of hosts?
Ephesians 3:6 - [it is this:] that the Gentiles are now joint heirs [with the Jews] and members of the same body, and joint partakers [sharing] in the [same divine] promise in Christ Jesus through [their faith in] the good news [of salvation].
Isaiah 58:2 - Yet they seek Me day by day and delight [superficially] to know My ways, As [if they were in reality] a nation that has done righteousness And has not abandoned (turned away from) the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, They delight in the nearness of God.
Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do], And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Romans 3:22 - This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s Son]. There is no distinction,
Romans 3:23 - since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:24 - and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:27 - Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Zechariah 7:3 - speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, “[Now that I am returned from exile] shall I weep in the fifth month [mourning the destruction of the temple], and fast as I have done these many years [in Babylon]?”
Zechariah 7:4 - Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me (Zechariah), saying,
Zechariah 7:5 - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Luke 15:29 - But he said to his father, ‘Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never neglected or disobeyed your command. Yet you have never given me [so much as] a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends;
Luke 15:30 - but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’
Romans 10:1 - Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
Romans 10:2 - For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].
Romans 10:3 - For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Luke 18:11 - The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:12 - I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
Romans 9:30 - What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;
Romans 9:31 - whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.
Romans 9:32 - And why not? Because it was not by faith [that they pursued it], but as though it were by works [relying on the merit of their works instead of their faith]. They stumbled over the stumbling Stone [Jesus Christ].
2 Corinthians 11:23 - Are they [self-proclaimed] servants of Christ?—I am speaking as if I were out of my mind—I am more so [for I exceed them]; with far more labors, with far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, and often in danger of death.
2 Corinthians 11:24 - Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
2 Corinthians 11:25 - Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea;
2 Corinthians 11:26 - many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;
2 Corinthians 11:27 - in labor and hardship, often unable to sleep, in hunger and thirst, often [driven to] fasting [for lack of food], in cold and exposure [without adequate clothing].
2 Corinthians 11:28 - Besides those external things, there is the daily [inescapable] pressure of my concern for all the churches.
Luke 12:55 - And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it happens.
Luke 14:10 - But when you are invited, go and sit down [to eat] at the last place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; and then you will be honored in the presence of all who are at the table with you.
Luke 14:11 - For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted.”
Romans 11:5 - So too then, at the present time there has come to be a remnant [a small believing minority] according to God’s gracious choice.
Romans 11:6 - But if it is by grace [God’s unmerited favor], it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace [it would not be a gift but a reward for works].