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Matthew 20:10

World English Bible

When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

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Matthew 20:10 in other translations

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

Matthew 20:10 · American Standard Version

Matthew 20:10 in context

  1. 8When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
  2. 9“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
  3. 10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
  4. 11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
  5. 12saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’