Matthew 20:10
World English Bible
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7 They said to him, `Because no one has hired us.` He said to them, `You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.`
8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, `Call the laborers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.`
9 When they who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
12 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!`
13 But he answered one of them, `Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn`t you agree with me for a denarius?