Matthew 20:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, 12 saying, ‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’ 13 He said to one of them in reply, ‘My friend, I am not cheating you.[a] Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
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- 20:13 I am not cheating you: literally, “I am not treating you unjustly.”
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