Matthew 20:9 - Plain English Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (five o'clock) came and received a denarius each.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.

Common English Bible

⁹ When those who were hired at five in the afternoon came, each one received a denarion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And so, when those who had arrived about the eleventh hour came forward, each received a single denarius.

Matthew 20:9 Cross References

Matthew 20:10

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.

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 20:8

At the end of the day, he told his manager, ‘Tell all the work-men to come here, and we will pay them their money. Tell the last work-men to come first.’