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Matthew 20:8

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When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

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Matthew 20:8 in other translations

And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

Matthew 20:8 · American Standard Version

Matthew 20:8 in context

  1. 6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
  2. 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.’
  3. 8When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
  4. 9“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
  5. 10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.