“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
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“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
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John Gill
Take that thine is,.... By agreement, and go thy way; out of my sight, give me no more trouble on this head; which looks like a dismissal from his service, and after privileges; and was true of many among the Jews, who were only nominal professors, and from whom the Gospel and ordinances of it were taken:
I will give unto this last man that was called, and sent into the vineyard,
even as unto thee; the same outward privileges, besides special grace, and eternal glory, which it looks as if the other had not.
JFB
But he answered one of them--doubtless the spokesman of the complaining party.
and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? &c.
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