12 saying, ‘These last people worked one hour and you made them equal to us who have endured the burden of the day and the burning heat!’ 13 But he answered one of them and[a] said, ‘Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius? 14 Take what is yours and go! But I want to give to this last person the same as I gave[b] to you also.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 20:13 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 20:14 The words “I gave” are an implied repetition from the verb earlier in the verse