Matthew 20:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)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]. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard. See the chapterCommon English Bible2 After he agreed with the workers to pay them a denarion, he sent them into his vineyard. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version2 Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard. See the chapter |