Matthew 20:2
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- KJV
- And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- WEB
- When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- ASV
- And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- DARBY
- And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- BLB
- And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- ÅB
- Og da han hadde blitt enig med arbeiderne om en penning om dagen, sendte han dem bort til vingården.
- OTB
- Etter å ha avtalt med arbeiderne om en denar for dagen, sendte han dem til vingården sin.
- B1930
- Og da han var blitt enig med arbeiderne om en penning om dagen, sendte han dem bort til sin vingård.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Read in contextMatthew 22:19
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
Read in contextLuke 10:35
The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextMatthew 18:28
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Read in context1 Samuel 2:18
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
Read in context1 Kings 18:12
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:26
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
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