Parable 15 Labourers Hired

New Life Bible Study
TNT – Get Loud!
Lesson 15
1. Subject: Labourers hired.
2. Text: Matthew 20:1-16
3. Principle:
a. This parable was intended to illustrate the equity of God’s dealings, even when “the first are placed last, and the last first.”
b. Matt. 3:2, 13:24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47, 22:2, 25:1, 14
c. Matt. 9:37, 38, 21:33-43; Song 8:11, 12; Isa. 5:1, 2; John 15:1
d. Matt. 23:37; Song 8:11, 12; Jer. 25:3, 4
e. Mark 13:34; 1 Cor. 15:58; Heb. 13:21; 2 Pet. 1:5-10
f. Matt. 20:13; Exod. 19:5, 6; Deut. 5:27-30
g. Matt. 18:28, 22:19; Luke 10:35; Rev. 6:6
h. 1 Sam. 2:18, 26, 3:1, 21, 16:11, 12; 1 Kings 3:6-11, 18:12; 2 Chr. 34:3; Eccl. 12:1; Luke 1:15; 2 Tim. 3:15
i. Mark 15:25; Acts 2:15
j. Matt. 20:6, 7, 11:16, 17; Prov. 19:15; Ezek. 16:49; Acts 17:17-21; 1 Tim. 5:13; Heb. 6:12
k. Matt. 9:9, 21:23-31; Luke 19:7-10; Rom. 6:16-22; 1 Cor. 6:11; 1 Tim. 1:12, 13; Titus 3:8; 1 Pet. 1:13, 4:2, 3
l. Col. 4:1
m. Matt. 27:45; Mark 15:33, 34; Luke 23:44-46; John 1:39, 4:6, 11:9; Acts 3:1, 10:3, 9
n. Gen. 12:1-4; Josh. 24:2, 3; 2 Chr. 33:12-19; Heb. 11:24-26
o. Eccl. 9:10; Luke 23:40-43; John 9:4
p. Prov. 19:15; Ezek. 16:49; Acts 17:21; Heb. 6:12
q. Acts 4:16, 17:30,31; Rom. 10:14-17, 16:25; Eph. 2:11, 12, 3:5, 6; Col. 1:26
r. Matt. 22:9, 10; Eccl. 9:10; Luke 14:21-23; John 9:4
s. Eph. 6:8; Heb. 6:10
t. Matt. 13:39, 40, 25:19, 31; Rom. 2:6-10; 2 Cor. 5:10; Heb. 9:28; Rev. 20:11, 12
u. Gen. 15:2, 39:4-6, 43:19; Luke 10:7, 12:42, 16:1, 2; 1 Cor. 4:1, 2; Titus 1:7; 1 Pet. 4:10
v. Matt. 20:2, 6, 7; Luke 23:40-43; Rom. 4:3-6, 5:20,21; Eph. 1:6-8, 2:8-10; 1 Tim. 1:14-16
w. Luke 5:30, 15:2, 28-30, 19:7; Acts 11:2, 3, 13:45, 22:21, 22; 1 Thes. 2:16; Jude 1:16
x. Luke 14:10,11; Rom. 3:22-24, 30; Eph. 3:6
y. Isa. 58:2, 3; Zech. 7:3-5; Mal. 1:13, 3:14; Luke 15:29, 30, 18:11, 12; Rom. 3:27, 9:30-32, 10:1-3, 11:5, 6; 1 Cor. 4:11; 2 Cor. 11:23-28
z. Matt. 22:12, 26:50
aa. Gen. 18:25; Job 34:8-12, 17, 18, 35:2, 40:8; Rom. 9:14, 15, 20
bb. Matt. 6:2, 6, 16; 2 Kings 10:16, 30,31; Ezek. 29:18-20; Luke 15:31, 16:25; Rom. 3:4, 19
cc. John 17:2
dd. Matt. 11:25; Exod. 33:19; Deut. 7:6-8; 1 Chr. 28:4, 5; Jer. 27:5-7; John 17:2; Rom. 9:15-24, 11:5, 6; 1 Cor. 4:7; Eph. 1:11, 2:1, 5; James 1:18
ee. Matt. 6:23; Deut. 15:9, 28:54; Prov. 23:6, 28:22; Mark 7:22; James 5:9
ff. Jonah 4:1-4; Acts 13:45
gg. Matt. 8:11, 12, 19:30, 21:31; Mark 10:31; Luke 7:47, 13:28-30, 15:7, 17:17, 18; John 12:19-22; Rom. 5:20, 9:30
hh. Matt. 7:13, 22:14; Luke 14:24; Rom. 8:30; 1 Thes. 2:13; 2 Thes. 2:13, 14; James 1:23-25
4. Practice:
a. What do you think of deathbed or death-row conversions?
b. What is the most generous thing anyone has ever done for you?
c. Who is the best employer you ever had? Why?
d. To what situation did Jesus compare the kingdom of heaven?
e. Who was the central character in this parable?
f. What did the landowner go out and do?
g. What wages were agreed upon by the landowner and his hired hands?
h. In the parable, what happened at about 9:00 a.m.?
i. What wage was agreed upon between the landowner and his workers?
j. How many additional times did the landowner go out and hire workers?
k. What explanation did the last group of workers give when asked why they were standing around doing nothing?
l. What happened to the last group of workers?
m. What did the landowner tell his foreman at the end of the day?
n. What wages did the workers hired at the eleventh hour receive?
o. what did the landowner pay to the men who worked all day?
p. How did the workers respond to the landowner’s system of payment?
q. What rationale did the landowner give for his actions?
r. In what ways does God’s grace seem unfair?
s. How do our cultural values resist the idea of grace?
t. Why is it dangerous to compare your own situation with someone else’s?
u. How would you answer the argument that God isn’t fair in the way He forgives? v. How does it make you feel to know that heaven will include ex-murderers, former child molesters, and people who put their trust in Christ only minutes before death? w. What would happen if God gave each of us what we deserve? x. How can focusing on God’s grace in our lives keep us from becoming jealous of others? y. What can you do today to help someone who needs God’s grace begin to understand the love of God?
z. In what way can you say thank you to God every day this week for his amazing grace in your life? aa. What is the purpose of this parable?
bb. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
cc. What is the meaning of the parable? dd. What was the response to the parable? ee. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
ff. What does the parable reveal about us? gg. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
hh. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons found in the parable daily?