He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

‘About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the market-place doing nothing. He told them, “You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.”

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Footnotes

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