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Jesus tells a story about some workers in a field

20 Jesus said, ‘I will tell you a story to show what the kingdom of heaven is like. There was an important man who had a field where he grew grapes. He went out early in the morning. He wanted to find some people who would work in his field. The master agreed with the workers that he would pay them one silver coin for a day's work.[a] Then he sent them to work in the field.

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  1. 20:2 A person usually received one small silver coin when he worked for one day.

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like(A) a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.(B) He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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  1. Matthew 20:2 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.