Berean Standard Bible

Matthew 20:1-7

1“ForG1063 theG3588 kingdomG932 ofG3588 heavenG3772 isG1510 likeG3664 a landownerG444 G3617 whoG3748 went outG1831 early inG260 the morningG4404 to hireG3409 workersG2040 forG1519 hisG846 vineyardG290. 2 He agreedG4856 to pay them a denariusG1220 1 forG1537 theG3588 dayG2250 and sentG649 themG846 intoG1519 hisG846 vineyardG290.

AboutG4012 the thirdG5154 hourG5610 2 he went outG1831 and sawG3708 othersG243 standingG2476 inG1722 theG3588 marketplaceG58 doing nothingG692. 4‘YouG4771 alsoG2532 goG5217 intoG1519 my vineyardG290 ,’ he saidG2036 , ‘andG2532 I will payG1325 youG4771 whateverG3739 G1437 isG1510 rightG1342.’ 5SoG1161 they wentG565 .

He went outG1831 againG3825 aboutG4012 the sixthG1623 hour andG2532 the ninthG1766 hourG5610 3 and didG4160 the same thingG5615.

AboutG4012 theG3588 eleventhG1734 hour4 he went outG1831 and foundG2147 still othersG243 standingG2476 around. ‘WhyG5101 have you been standingG2476 hereG5602 allG3650 dayG2250 long doing nothingG692 ?’ he askedG3004 G846.

7‘BecauseG3754 no oneG3762 has hiredG3409 usG1473,’ they answeredG3004 G846.

So he toldG3004 themG846, ‘YouG4771 alsoG2532 goG5217 intoG1519 my vineyardG290.’5

Notes

1. Matthew 20:2 A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; similarly in verses 9, 10, and 13. ↩
2. Matthew 20:3 That is, about nine in the morning ↩
3. Matthew 20:5 That is, about noon and again about three in the afternoon ↩
4. Matthew 20:6 That is, about five in the afternoon; also in verse 9 ↩
5. Matthew 20:7 BYZ and TR include and whatever is right, you shall receive. ↩