Matthew 20:10 - Plain English Version

¹⁰ Last of all, he paid the men that started their job early in the morning. They thought they were going to get more money, but they didn’t. Each of them got a full day’s pay, just like the other men.

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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.

Matthew 20:10 Cross References

Matthew 20:11

When they got their money, they complained to the boss. They said,

Matthew 20:2

He talked to the men there, and they agreed to work for him. He agreed to give them the right pay, the pay that men always get for a day’s work. Then he sent them to work in his garden.

Matthew 20:9

So he paid the men that started their job at 5 o’clock, and he gave each of them a full day’s pay. Then he kept on paying the other men, and he gave each man a full day’s pay.