Matthew 20:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ But he answered one of them, saying, ‘Friend, I have not done anything wrong to you. Did you not agree with me to accept the usual pay for one full day’s work?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ But he answered one of them, Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a shilling?

Common English Bible

¹³ “But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I did you no wrong. Didn’t I agree to pay you a denarion?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ But responding to one of them, he said: 'Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one denarius?

Matthew 20:13 Cross References

Matthew 26:50

And Jesus said to him, “[My] friend, [go ahead], do what you came to do.” Then the Jewish officers came and arrested Jesus and began taking Him away.

Matthew 22:12

He said to the man, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wearing the proper wedding outfit?’ And he could not say a word.

Romans 9:20

But who [do you think] you are, [you mere] man, to [attempt a] reply to God? Will the object formed [i.e., a clay pot] say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me this way?”

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 20:14

Take what belongs to you and go on your way. I want to give this last person [hired] the same wages I gave you.