Matthew 20:8

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.’

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KJV

King James Version

So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them [their] hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

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WEB

World English Bible

“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And evening having come, the master of the vineyard says to his foreman, ‘Call the workmen and pay them the wages, having begun from the last, up to the first.’

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 20

⁶ About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

⁷ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’

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.

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