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Matthew 20:2

And having agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

In Context

1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a certain landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

3And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:28“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And taking hold of him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

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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