Matthew 20:10
So when the first ones came, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
KJV1611 – Modern English
But when the first came, they supposed they would receive more; and they likewise each received a penny.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And{G1161} when{G2064} the first{G4413} came,{G2064} they supposed{G3543} that{G3754} they would receive{G2983} more;{G4119} and{G2532} they{G846} likewise{G2532} received{G2983} every man{G303} a shilling.{G1220}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
But{G1161} when the first{G4413} came{G2064}{(G5631)}, they supposed{G3543}{(G5656)} that{G3754} they should have received{G2983}{(G5695)} more{G4119}; and{G2532} they likewise{G2532} received{G2983}{(G5627)} every man{G846}{G303} a penny{G1220}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Then came ye fyrst supposyng yt they shuld receave moare: and they likewyse receaved every man a peny.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan the first came, they supposed that they shulde receaue more: and they also receaued euery man a peny.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
But when the firste came also, they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more: and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
‹But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.›
Webster's Bible (1833)
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,
American Standard Version (1901)
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
World English Bible (2000)
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.
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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 for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 About the third hour, he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4 He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
5 So they went. He went out again around the sixth and ninth hours and did the same thing.
6 About the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing idle. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'
7 They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'
8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going to the first.'
9 The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- Matt 20:11-144 verses86%
11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner.
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14 For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.
15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey immediately.
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17 In the same way, the servant who had two talents also gained two more.
18 But the servant who had received the one talent went away, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
19 After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
20 The servant who had received five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five talents; see, I have gained five more.’
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24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.
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20 Another came and said, 'Master, here is your mina. I kept it laid away in a cloth.'
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31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.'
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36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way.
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28 What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
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2 At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
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19 Show me the coin used for the tax.' So they brought him a denarius.