² After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

⁶ and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay^[a] and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay,^[b] but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

¹⁵ and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

³⁵ The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him, and when I come back I will repay you whatever more you spend.’

¹⁵ for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink; even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.^(A)

¹⁹ Show me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.

¹³ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?^(A)

²⁸ But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’

12 Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;