Matthew 20:10

The Parable of the Workers

9The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

  • Scripture
  • Sermons
  • Commentary
Berean Standard Bible
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
Bible in Basic English
Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.
Free Bible Version
So when those who were hired first came in, they thought they would get more, but they also received one denarius.
Geneva Bible 1599
Nowe when the first came, they supposed that they should receiue more, but they likewise receiued euery man a penie.
King James (Authorized) Version
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
One Unity Resource Bible
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius [one day’s wage].
Translation for Translators
When the men who had begun working early in the morning went to get their wages, they thought that they would receive more than the standard wage. But they also received only the standard wage.
Unlocked Literal Bible
When the first workers came, they thought that they would receive more, but they also received one denarius each.
Noah Webster Bible
But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
World English Bible
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
Young's Literal Translation
'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,