Verse 9
Matthew 20:9
New Living Translation
9
When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.
Original Language Text
greek
⸂καὶ ἐλθόντες⸃ οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον.
English Translation
And having come, those around the eleventh hour received a denarius each.
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Chapter 20 Context
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“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for...
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He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.
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“At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing...
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So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.
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So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
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“At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He as...
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“They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others...
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“That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last worke...
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When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage.
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When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, w...
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When they received their pay, they protested to the owner,
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‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked...
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“He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the u...
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Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you.
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Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kin...
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“So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”
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As Yashua (Jesus) was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told t...
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“Listen,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leadin...
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Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on...
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Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Yashua (Jesus) with her sons. She kn...
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“What is your request?” he asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in place...
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But Yashua (Jesus) answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to...
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Yashua (Jesus) told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who...
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When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant.
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But Yashua (Jesus) called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it ov...
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But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
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and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.
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For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom f...
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As Yashua (Jesus) and the disciples left the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind.
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Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Yashua (Jesus) was coming that way,...
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“Be quiet!” the crowd yelled at them. But they only shouted louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy...
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When Yashua (Jesus) heard them, he stopped and called, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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“Lord,” they said, “we want to see!”
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Yashua (Jesus) felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly they could see! Then they follo...
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