Matthew 20:2
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
Note A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; similarly in verses 9, 10, and 13.
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Note A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- he had
- Matthew 20:13; Exodus 19:5, 6; Deuteronomy 5:27–30
- Matthew 20:2
- a penny."The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is sevenpence halfpenny."
- Matthew 18:28; Matthew 22:19; Luke 10:35; Revelation 6:6
- he sent
- 1 Samuel 2:18, 26; 1 Samuel 3:1, 21; 1 Samuel 16:11, 12; 1 Kings 3:6–11; 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Chronicles 34:3; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Luke 1:15; 2 Timothy 3:15