Matthew 20:2 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 20:2

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

KJV

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ASV

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

WEB

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

YLT

and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

DBT

And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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21 verses on the floor

Matthew 18:28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Exodus 19:5–6
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Matthew 22:19
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
Luke 10:35
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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); and here it will be asked, as usual, [1.] Who hires them? A man that is a householder. God is the great Householder, whose we are, and whom we serve; as a householder, he has work that he will have to be done, and servants that he will have to be doing; he has a great family in heaven and earth, which is named from Jesus Christ ( Eph. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The Roman penny was, in our money, of the value of a sevenpence half-penny, a day's wages for a day's work, and the wages sufficient for a day's maintenance. This doth not prove that the reward of our obedience to God is of works, or of debt (no, it is of grace, free grace, Rom. iv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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