Mat 20:9
And when they came that {were hired} about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
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But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. {penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents}
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.