Reference: Penny, Pennyworth
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In the New Testament "penny," either alone or in the compound "pennyworth," occurs as the rendering of the Roman denarius.
Mt 20:2; 22:10; Mr 6:37; 12:15; Lu 20:24; Joh 6:7; Re 6:6
The denarius was the chief Roman silver coin, and was worth about 15 to 17 cents.
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And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
He answered and said unto them, Give you them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt you me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine.