Matthew 20:2
And he contracted with the labors for a denarius a day: and sent them into his vineyard.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
3And he went out at the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place:
Cross References
Matthew 18:28Then that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hold of him and choked him, and said to him: Pay me what thou owest 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 →