10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.


In Context

7 |They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' |He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'

8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

9 |When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

12 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'

Matthew 20:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:10So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:10But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received every man a penny.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:10But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:10'And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.