Matthew 20:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 Going out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 [a]and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’
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- 20:4 What is just: although the wage is not stipulated as in the case of those first hired, it will be fair.
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