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The Parable of the Vineyard Workers

20 ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.(A) After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[a] he sent them into his vineyard for the day. When he went out at about nine in the morning,[b] he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:2 A denarius = one day’s wage, also in vv. 9,10,13
  2. 20:3 Lit about the third hour