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 he agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.
The servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding was furnished with guests.
He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"
Ought we to give, or ought we not to give?" He understood their dissimulation, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it."
Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."
Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little."
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and oil and wine see thou hurt not."