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Matthew 20:12-14
International Standard Version
Matthew 20:12-14
International Standard Version
12 ‘These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we’ve been working all day,[a] enduring the scorching heat!’
13 “But he told one of them, ‘Friend, I’m not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn’t you? 14 Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you.[b]
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- Matthew 20:12 Lit. we’ve endured the burden of the day
- Matthew 20:14 Lit. to this last man as also to you
Matthew 20:12-14
New International Version
Matthew 20:12-14
New International Version
12 ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat(A) of the day.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend.(B) Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.
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