Bible verse
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
Matthew 20:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 20.
1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 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.’
5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
KJV
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny 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.
ERV
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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