Matthew 20:4

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Matthew 20:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

3 About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’

5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.

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