Matthew 20:1-5

The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

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[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4 He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
5 So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.

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Cross References 2

  • 1. S Matthew 13:24
  • 2. Matthew 21:28,33

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.
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