World English Bible
Matthew 20:10
“When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.”
Verse in context — Matthew 20
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When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.
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When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
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When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
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saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!
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