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Matthew 20:2

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

So he made a deal with the workers — a day's pay for a day's work — and sent them out to his vineyard.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the best deals are the simple ones: show up, do the work, get paid.

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They told him, 'He's going to completely destroy those corrupt workers and hand over his vineyard to new people who will actually give him what he deserves when harvest time comes.'

Then Jesus started telling the people this story: There was this guy who planted a vineyard, rented it out to some workers to take care of it, and then left town for a really long time.

He's going to come back and get rid of those workers, then hand the vineyard over to someone else. When the crowd heard this, they were like 'Oh no, please don't let that happen.'

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