Matthew 20:10

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Matthew 20:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having come, the first thought that they will receive more. But they themselves also received each a denarius.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 20

⁸ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

⁹ The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

¹⁰ So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

¹¹ On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

¹² ‘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.’

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