Matthew 20:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.”

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BSBPD

“The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 20:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 20:2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
  2. Matthew 20:6About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
  3. Luke 23:40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
  4. Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  5. Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
  6. Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
  7. Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  8. 1 Timothy 1:14And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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