Matthew 20:9

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

Majority Standard Bible

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 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.’

10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing idle. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, by which He has bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved One.

1 Timothy 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are 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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