KJV King James Version
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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Matthew 20:2
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
WEB World English Bible
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
ASV American Standard Version
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Surrounding context — Matthew 20
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
συμφωνήσαςG4856 · sumphōneōto agree withδὲG1161 · dethenμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐργατῶνG2040 · ergatēsworkerἐκG1537 · ekout fromδηναρίουG1220 · dēnariondenariusτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἡμέρανG2250 · hēmeradayἀπέστειλενG649 · apostellōto sendαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀμπελῶναG290 · ampelōnvineyardαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.Matthew 22:19Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.Luke 10:35And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave [them] to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.Exodus 19:5-6Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Matthew 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.1 Samuel 2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.1 Kings 3:6-11And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day.2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.Matthew 20:13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?1 Kings 18:12And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.1 Samuel 16:11-12And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all [thy] children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.Deuteronomy 5:27-30Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear [it], and do [it].Luke 1:15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.Revelation 6:6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.1 Samuel 3:1And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.1 Samuel 3:21And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
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