Matthew 20:8 Cross References - WNT

⁸ "When evening came, the master said to his steward, "'Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'

³⁹ The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, so will it be at the Close of the Age.

¹⁹ "After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.

³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne,

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.

⁷ And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.

⁴² "Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

¹ He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property. ² He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

⁶ TO EACH MAN HE WILL MAKE AN AWARD CORRESPONDING TO HIS ACTIONS; ⁷ to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages; ⁸ while on the other hand upon the self-willed who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness will fall anger and fury, affliction and awful distress, ⁹ coming upon the soul of every man and woman who deliberately does wrong--upon the Jew first, and then upon the Gentile; ¹⁰ whereas glory, honour and peace will be given to every one who does what is good and right--to the Jew first and then to the Gentile.

¹ As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us--we are Christ's officers, and stewards of God's secret truths. ² This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.

¹⁰ For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.

⁷ For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,

²⁸ so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.

¹⁰ Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and One who was seated on it, from whose presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing in front of the throne. And books were opened; and so was another book--namely, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged by the things recorded in the books in accordance with what their conduct had been.