Matthew 20:9

When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.

10But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.

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Cross References

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

Romans 4:3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

Ephesians 1:6Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us in his beloved son.

1 Timothy 1:14Now the grace of our Lord hath abounded exceedingly 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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