Matthew 20:10
8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
11 On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
12 ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
- KJV
- But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
- WEB
- When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
- ASV
- And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
- DARBY
- And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.
- BLB
- And having come, the first thought that they will receive more. But they themselves also received each a denarius.
- ÅB
- Da de første kom trodde de at de skulle få mer, men de fikk hver sin penning de også.
- OTB
- Da de som ble leid først kom, forventet de å få mer, men hver av dem mottok også en denar.
- B1930
- Men da de første kom, tenkte de at de skulde få mere; men de fikk hver sin penning de også.