Matthew 20:12

These. That these. Greek. hoti, putting their words between quotation marks. See note on Luke 23:43.

have wrought but one hour. made one hour.. Hebraism. Compare Ruth 2:19, "Where wroughtest thou to-day? "(Hebrew. 'anah 'asitha). So, in the sense of making or spending time (Acts 15:33; Acts 18:23; 2 Corinthians 11:25); used for continuing, as suggested in Authorized Version margin. But it is the same word rendered "made" in the next clause.

made them. done to them.

heat. scorching heat.