Quotes about Labor
‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
- Matthew 20:4
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
- Matthew 20:6
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- Matthew 20:9
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
- Matthew 20:10
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
- Matthew 20:12
Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.
- Matthew 20:14
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
- Matthew 24:8
For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
- John 4:37
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
- John 4:38
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
- Romans 4:4
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
- Romans 16:6
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
- 1 Corinthians 3:8