Matthew 20:9 - Compare All Versions

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“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius.

And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.

When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

“Those hired at five o’clock came up and were each given a dollar. When those who were hired first saw that, they assumed they would get far more. But they got the same, each of them one dollar. Taking the dollar, they groused angrily to the manager, ‘These last workers put in only one easy hour, and you just made them equal to us, who slaved all day under a scorching sun.’

When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius.

Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day’s wage].

When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay.