Matthew 20:2
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And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

he had.

Matthew 20:13 But he answering said to one of them: friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

Exodus 19:5,6 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. . . .

Deuteronomy 5:27-30 Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the Lord our God shall say to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and we will hear and will do them. . . .

a penny.

Matthew 18:28 But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

Matthew 22:19 Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.

*margins

Luke 10:35 And the next day he took out two pence and gave to the host and said: Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I, at my return, will repay thee.

Revelation 6:6 And I heard, as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley for a penny: and see thou hurt not the wine and the oil.

he sent.

1 Samuel 2:18,26 But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod. . . .

1 Samuel 3:1,21 Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision. . . .

1 Samuel 16:11,12 And Samuel said to Isai: Are here all thy sons? He answered: There remaineth yet a young one, who keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Isai: Send, and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. . . .

1 Kings 3:6-11 And Solomon said: Thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant David, my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. . . .

1 Kings 18:12 And when I am gone from thee, the Spirit of the Lord will carry thee into a place that I know not: and I shall go in and tell Achab; and he, not finding thee, will kill me: but thy servant feareth the Lord from his infancy.

2 Chronicles 34:3 And in the eighth year of his reign, when he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David: and in the twelfth year after he began to reign, he cleansed Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the idols, and the graven things.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:

Luke 1:15 For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

2 Timothy 3:15 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Context
The Parable of the Workers
1The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:37
Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.

Matthew 20:1
The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

Matthew 20:3
And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.

Mark 12:15
Who knowing their wiliness, saith to them: Why tempt you me? Bring me a penny that I may see it.

Luke 20:24
Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They answering, said to him: Caesar's.

Lexicon
He agreed
συμφωνήσας (symphōnēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4856: To agree with, harmonize with, agree together. From sumphonos; to be harmonious, i.e. to accord or stipulate.

[to pay]
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

[them]
ἐργατῶν (ergatōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2040: A field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher.

a denarius
δηναρίου (dēnariou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1220: A denarius, a small Roman silver coin. Of Latin origin; a denarius.

for
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

day
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

[and] sent
ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

vineyard.
ἀμπελῶνα (ampelōna)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 290: A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.


Additional Translations
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

And having agreed with the workmen on a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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