They *said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He *said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’

“When (A)evening came, the [a]owner of the vineyard *said to his (B)foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.’ When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a [b]denarius.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:8 Or lord
  2. Matthew 20:9 The denarius was a day’s wages

“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

“When evening came,(A) the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.

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