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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing1 idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’  
7 They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,1 and whatever is right you will receive.’  
8 “So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’
9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.
Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:1

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American Standard Version
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

Amplified® Bible
FOR THE kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning along with the dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

Contemporary English Version
As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said: Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard.

Darby English Version
For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

Good News Bible
"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard.

International Standard Version
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

King James Version
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

New American Standard Bible
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

New International Version
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.

New King James Version
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For the kingdom of heaven resembles a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation
`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,


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