Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 20:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 20:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 20:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, this means that God treats everyone the same, even if they come to Him at different times. It's like when everyone gets the same reward, even if some started working earlier.

Matthew 20:10: But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:11

This verse suggests that labor and toil can be in vain and lead to no true gain, contradicting the fairness in reward for labor mentioned in Matthew 20:10.

Ecclesiastes 2:11: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

This verse indicates that success does not always come to the most deserving, contrasting the notion of rightful expectation seen in Matthew 20:10.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

Here, it is observed that the wicked prosper regardless of their actions, opposing the fairness in recompense illustrated in Matthew 20:10.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

This verse notes the prosperity of the wicked, which contradicts the equitable compensation seen in Matthew 20:10.

Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:18

It suggests that the reward of the wicked is deceptive as opposed to the fair reward expected by laborers in Matthew 20:10.

Proverbs 11:18: The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
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