Matthew 20:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁰ Then when those who were hired first came [to get paid], they expected to receive more money [than those hired later], but each one received the usual pay for one full day’s work also.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Now when the first came, they supposed they would get more, but each of them also received a denarius.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Then when the first ones also came forward, they considered that they would receive more. But they, too, received one denarius.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.

Matthew 20:10 Cross References

Matthew 19:27

Peter then answered Him, “Look, we have left everything [i.e., homes, jobs, family, etc.], to follow you. What will we get for it?”

Matthew 20:11

And when they received it, they complained to the farmer,

Matthew 20:2

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 about $9.00, based on the average farm laborer’s hourly wage in 2005. [National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Feb. 2005]. This coin also forms the basis for calculating all other monetary references in the New Testament].

Matthew 20:9

So, when those hired about five o’clock in the afternoon came in, each one received the usual pay for one full day’s work. [See note on verse 2].