Matthew 20:2
After agreeing with the workers that they would each receive a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Text-Critical English 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
3About the third hour he went out and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
Cross References
Matthew 18:28But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Repay me what yoʋ 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 →