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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 20, Verse 10

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‹And when they came that› [were hired] ‹about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.›
King James Version
‹But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.›
American Standard Version
And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
New English Translation
saying,‘These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.’
World English Bible
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
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‹And when they had received› [it], ‹they murmured against the goodman of the house,›
12
‹Saying, These last have wrought› [but] ‹one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.›
13
‹But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?›
14
‹Take› [that] ‹thine› [is], ‹and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.›
15
‹Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?›
16
‹So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.›
17
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18
‹Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,›
19
‹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify› [him]: ‹and the third day he shall rise again.›
20
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him.