Matthew 20:2

And he bargained with the labourers for a denarius a day, and sent them into his vinery.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

1FOR the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a house-lord, who went forth in the early morn to hire labourers for his vinery.

3And he went forth in three hours, and saw others who were standing in the public place and unemployed.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:28Then went forth that servant, and found one of his fellows who owed him a hundred pence; and he seized him, strangling, and saying to him, Give me what thou owest to me.

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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