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Matthew 20:9
And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
Matthew 20:9 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 20:9 in other translations
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
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In context
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.
8 And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
9 And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
10 Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
11 And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
12 Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.
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