Matthew 20:1
NASB
Matt 20:1
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"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Matt 20:2
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~"When he had agreed with the laborers for a (The denarius was a day's wages) denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Matt 20:3
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~"And he went out about the (I.e. 9 a.m.) third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place;
Matt 20:4
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and to those he said, `You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And {so} they went.
Matt 20:5
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~"Again he went out about the (I.e. noon and 3 p.m.) sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.
Matt 20:6
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~"And about the (I.e. 5 p.m.) eleventh {hour} he went out and found others standing {around;} and he *said to them, `Why have you been standing here idle all day long?'
Matt 20:7
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~"They *said to him, `Because no one hired us.' He *said to them, `You go into the vineyard too.'
Matt 20:8
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"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, `Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last {group} to the first.'
Matt 20:9
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~"When those {hired} about the eleventh hour came, each one received a (The denarius was a day's wages) denarius.
Matt 20:10
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~"When those {hired} first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.
Matt 20:11
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~"When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,
Matt 20:12
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saying, `These last men have worked {only} one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.'
Matt 20:13
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~"But he answered and said to one of them, `Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Matt 20:14
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~`Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
Matt 20:15
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~`Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'
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