Matthew 20:2
After he had agreed with the workers for one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
3He went out again about the third hour and saw other workers standing idle in the marketplace.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:27As for you, you should go and listen to everything that Yahweh our God says; repeat to us everything that Yahweh our God says to you; we will listen to it and obey it.'
1 Samuel 2:26The child Samuel grew up, and increased in favor with Yahweh and also with men.
1 Samuel 3:21Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh, for he revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
1 Kings 3:6So Solomon said, “You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek after the God of David, his ancestor. In the twelfth year, he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, and the carved figures and the cast metal figures.
Matthew 18:28But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii. He grasped him, took him by the throat, and said, '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 →