Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
A Conservative Version
And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
American Standard Version
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
When he had agreed with the workers [on wages] for the usual farm laborer's pay for a day's work, he [then] sent them to work in his vineyard. [Note: The coin mentioned here would amount to $60-$84 in 1994, based on $5-$7 an hour for a twelve hour day. This coin also forms the basis for calculating all other monetary references in the New Testament].
Anderson New Testament
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Bible in Basic English
And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
Common New Testament
Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Daniel Mace New Testament
having agreed with them for a penny a day, he sent them to his vineyard.
Godbey New Testament
And having agreed with the laborers for a denarion per day, sent them into his vineyard.
Goodspeed New Testament
He agreed with the laborers to pay them a dollar a day, and sent them to his vineyard.
John Wesley New Testament
And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Julia Smith Translation
And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard.
King James 2000
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [after] coming to an agreement with the workers for a denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Modern King James verseion
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
Moffatt New Testament
and after agreeing with the labourers to pay them a shilling a day he sent them into his vineyard.
Montgomery New Testament
"And when he had agreed with the workmen for two shillings a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
NET Bible
And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
New Heart English Bible
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Noyes New Testament
And having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Sawyer New Testament
And agreeing with the laborers for a denarius [14 cents] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
The Emphasized Bible
and, when he had agreed with the labourers for a denary the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And when he had agreed with the labourers at a denarius a day, he sent them into the vineyard.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He agreed with the laborers to pay them two shillings a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
Webster
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Weymouth New Testament
and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.
Williams New Testament
When he had contracted with the laborers at twenty cents a day, he sent them off to his vineyard.
World English Bible
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Worrell New Testament
and, having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Worsley New Testament
and agreeing with the men for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard:
Youngs Literal Translation
and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Themes
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Employee » Character of unrighteous
Gospel » Compared to » A householder
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The laborers in the vineyard
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parable of the vineyard (in peraea)
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a householder
Money » Pieces of mentioned » Penny
Parables » Parables of Christ » Laborers hired
Servant » Hired » Parable of » The laborers of a vineyard
Servant » Hired » Await employment in the marketplace
Servant » Hired » Wages paid » In money
Servants » Hired » Often stood in the market place waiting for employment
Servants » Hired » Engaged by the day
Vineyards » Mode of hiring and paying laborers for working in
Wicked people » Gospel invitation to, illustrated by the parables of » The householder
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 20:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Workers In The Vineyard
1 For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard. 2 And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 19:5-6
And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples for all the earth is mine --
Deuteronomy 5:27-30
Come thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God will say; and speak thou to us all that Jehovah our God will speak to thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
1 Samuel 2:18
And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 2:26
And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.
1 Samuel 3:1
And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not frequent.
1 Samuel 3:21
And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.
1 Samuel 16:11-12
And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.
1 Kings 3:6-11
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.
1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
2 Chronicles 34:3
And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherahs, and the graven images, and the molten images.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Matthew 18:28
But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.
Matthew 20:13
But he answering said to one of them, My friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?
Matthew 22:19
Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Luke 10:35
And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, I will render to thee on my coming back.
2 Timothy 3:15
and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 6:6
And I heard as a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius: and do not injure the oil and the wine.