Matthew 20:2

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² He agreed to pay them a denarius [1]for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius [2] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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[1] 20:2 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.

[2] 20:2 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.

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