Matthew 6:28

6:28 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers ¹  of the field grow; they do not work ²  or spin.

Matthew 20:3

20:3 When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, ³  he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Matthew 20:7

20:7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go and work in the vineyard too.’

Matthew 20:13

20:13 And the landowner ⁴  replied to one of them, ⁵  ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage? ⁶ 

Matthew 21:28

The Parable of the Two Sons

21:28 “What ⁷  do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Matthew 25:16

25:16 The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work ⁸  and gained five more.

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¹ tn Traditionally, “lilies.” According to L&N 3.32, “Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible types of flowers, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.” In view of the uncertainty, the more generic “flowers” has been used in the translation.

² tn Or, traditionally, “toil.” Although it might be argued that “work hard” would be a more precise translation of κοπιάω (kopiaw) here, the line in English reads better in terms of cadence with a single syllable.

³ tn Grk “about the third hour.”

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the landowner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “And answering, he said to one of them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

⁶ tn Grk “for a denarius a day.”

⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “traded with them.”