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Matthew 20:4
And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.
Matthew 20:4 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 20:4 in other translations
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
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In context
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;
4 And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.
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