Matthew 20:9

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Matthew 20:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

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WEB

World English Bible

“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having come, the [ones] of about the eleventh hour each received a denarius.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 20

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.

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

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