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Matthew 20:4
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KJ21
and said unto them, ‘Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.’ And they went their way.
ASV
and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
AMP
and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).’ And they went.
AMPC
And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went.
BRG
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
CSB
He said to them, ‘You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.
CSBA
He said to them, “You also go into my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.” So off they went.
CEB
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I’ll pay you whatever is right.’
CJB
and said to them, ‘You go to the vineyard too — I’ll pay you a fair wage.’ So they went.
CEV
He promised to pay them what was fair, if they would work in his vineyard.
DARBY
and to them he said, Go also ye into the vineyard, and whatsoever may be just I will give you. And they went their way.
DLNT
And to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever may be right’.
DRA
And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
ERV
So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my field, I will pay you what your work is worth.’
EASY
So the master said to these men, “You also go and work in my field. I will pay you the right amount of money.”
EHV
To these he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is right.’ So they went.
ESV
and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’
ESVUK
and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’
EXB
So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my vineyard, I will pay you ·what your work is worth [L whatever is right].’
GNV
And said unto them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoever is right, I will give you: and they went their way.
GW
He said to them, ‘Work in my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So they went.
GNT
so he told them, ‘You also go and work in the vineyard, and I will pay you a fair wage.’
HCSB
To those men he said, ‘You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So off they went.
ICB
So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my vineyard, I will pay you what your work is worth.’
ISV
He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
PHILLIPS
“For the kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer going out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. He agreed with them on a wage of a silver coin a day and sent them to work. About nine o’clock he went and saw some others standing about in the market-place with nothing to do. ‘You go to the vineyard too,” he said to them, ‘and I will pay you a fair wage.’ And off they went. At about mid-day and again at about three o’clock in the afternoon he went and did the same thing. Then about five o’clock he went out and found some others standing about. ‘Why are you standing about here all day doing nothing?’ he asked them. ‘Because no one has employed us,’ they replied. ‘You go off into the vineyard as well, then,’ he said.
JUB
and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.
KJV
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
AKJV
and said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
LSB
and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went.
LEB
And to those people he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is right.’
TLB
so he sent them also into his fields, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.
MSG
“Later, about nine o’clock, the manager saw some other men hanging around the town square unemployed. He told them to go to work in his vineyard and he would pay them a fair wage. They went. “He did the same thing at noon, and again at three o’clock. At five o’clock he went back and found still others standing around. He said, ‘Why are you standing around all day doing nothing?’
MEV
and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
MOUNCE
And to them he said, “You go into the vineyard as well, and whatever is fair I will pay you.’
NOG
He said to them, ‘Work in my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’ So they went.
NABRE
and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’
NASB
and to those he said, ‘You go into the vineyard also, and whatever is right, I will give you.’ And so they went.
NASB1995
and to those he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ And so they went.
NCB
He said to them, ‘You also go into my vineyard and I will give you what is just.’
NCV
So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my vineyard, I will pay you what your work is worth.’
NET
He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’
NIRV
He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard. I’ll pay you what is right.’
NIV
He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
NIVUK
He told them, “You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.”
NKJV
and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
NLV
He said to them, ‘You go to my grape-field and work also. Whatever is right, I will pay you.’ And they went.
NLT
So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.
NMB
and said to them, You go also into my vineyard, and whatever is right, I will give you. And they went their way.
NRSVA
and he said to them, “You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.” So they went.
NRSVACE
and he said to them, “You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.” So they went.
NRSVCE
and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.
NRSVUE
and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.
NTFE
“ ‘You too can go to the vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I’ll give you what’s right.’
OJB
and he said to those, You go also into the kerem. And whatever is right, this is what your pay will be.
RGT
“and said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard also. And whatever is right, I will give you.’ And they went their way.
RSV
and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
RSVCE
and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.
TLV
And to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I’ll give you whatever is right.’
VOICE
Landowner: Do you need some work? Go over to my vineyard and join the crew there. I’ll pay you well. So off they went to join the crew at the vineyard.
WEB
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
WE
He said to them, "You go out to work on the farm too. I will pay you what is right." And they went to work.
WYC
And he said to them, Go ye also into mine vineyard [Go ye also into my vinery], and that that shall be rightful, I shall give to you. And they went forth.
YLT
and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;
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