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Matthew 20:10
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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.
11 And when they had received it, they1 complained against the landowner,  
12 saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’
13 But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
15 aIs it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or bis your eye evil because I am good?’  
16 aSo the last will be first, and the first last. bFor many are called, but few chosen.”  

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17 aNow Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them,  
18 a“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death,  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 20:10

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American Standard Version
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

Amplified® Bible
Now when the first came, they supposed they would get more, but each of them also received a denarius.

Contemporary English Version
The workers who had been hired first thought they would be given more than the others. But when they were given the same,

Darby English Version
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

Good News Bible
So when the men who were the first to be hired came to be paid, they thought they would get more; but they too were given a silver coin each.

International Standard Version
When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well.

King James Version
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

New American Standard Bible
"When those {hired} first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

New International Version
So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.

New King James Version
But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also 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,


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