Matthew 20:9

And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and, beginning with the last, pay them their hire even to the first.

10But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle?

Romans 4:3For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

Ephesians 1:6for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved,

1 Timothy 1:14and the grace of our Lord was very abundant with faith, and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17

The Labourers in the Vineyard. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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