Matthew 20:9

And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:6But about the eleventh [hour], having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Romans 4:3for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

Ephesians 1:6to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:

1 Timothy 1:14But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded 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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