Matthew 20:9
"When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received a shilling apiece;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
In Context
10and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they also each got the shilling.
Cross References
Matthew 20:6And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, "`Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'
Romans 4:3For what says the Scripture? "And Abraham believed God, and this was placed to his credit as righteousness."
Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
1 Timothy 1:14and the grace of our Lord came to me in overflowing fulness, conferring faith on me and the love which is 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 →