The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like(A) a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.(B)

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20 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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

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Footnotes

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

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

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