Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 20:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 20:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 20:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, this verse shows how a landowner agreed to pay workers a certain amount of money for a day's work in his vineyard. It teaches about fairness and keeping promises, as well as how everyone gets what they are promised, even if they start working at different times.

Matthew 20:2: And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. [penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents]

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:11

This verse suggests that wealth gained hastily will dwindle, whereas Matthew 20:2 involves agreeing on a fair wage, not indicating hastiness or instability.

Proverbs 13:11: Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. [by labour: Heb. with the hand]

Contradiction with 2 Thessalonians 3:10

This verse emphasizes that one must work to eat, whereas Matthew 20:2 indicates a predefined agreement for wages, implying work has a guaranteed reward.

2 Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 5:10

This verse states that those who love money will never be satisfied, while Matthew 20:2 involves satisfaction with the agreed wage.

Ecclesiastes 5:10: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.

Contradiction with Luke 12:15

This verse warns against covetousness, implying life is more than possessions, whereas Matthew 20:2 is about financial agreement in a labor context.

Luke 12:15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Contradiction with Proverbs 23:4-5

Advises against laboring to get rich and worrying over wealth, whereas Matthew 20:2 pertains to working for a fair wage.

Proverbs 23:4-5: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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