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Laborers in the Vineyard

20 “For (A)the kingdom of heaven is like [a]a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his (B)vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a [b]denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the [c]third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace; and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went. Again he went out about the [d]sixth and the ninth hour, and did [e]the same thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:1 Lit a man, a landowner
  2. Matthew 20:2 A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  3. Matthew 20:3 9 a.m.
  4. Matthew 20:5 Noon and 3 p.m.
  5. Matthew 20:5 Lit similarly