Quotes about Work
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
— Matthew 20:2
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
— Matthew 20:3
‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
— Matthew 20:4
‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
— Matthew 20:7
‘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
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
— Matthew 21:28
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
— Matthew 25:16
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
— Luke 13:14
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
— Luke 14:29
Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
— Luke 17:7
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