Matthew 20:9

The Parable of the Workers

8When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’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.

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Berean Standard Bible
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
American Standard Version (1901)
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.
Bible in Basic English
And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
Douay-Rheims 1899
When therefore they were come, that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
Free Bible Version
When those who were hired at 5 p.m. came in, they each received one denarius.
Geneva Bible 1599
And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie.
King James (Authorized) Version
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
One Unity Resource Bible
“When those who were hired a hour before sunset came, they each received a denarius [one day’s wage].
Translation for Translators
The manager paid the standard daily wage to each of the men who did not start working until five o’clock in the afternoon.
Unlocked Literal Bible
When the workers who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
Noah Webster Bible
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
World English Bible
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
Young's Literal Translation
And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.