English Standard Version

Matthew 20:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

2. After agreeing with the laborers for a denariusa day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4. and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’

5. So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.