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

¹⁹ Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,

³⁷ But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”^(A)

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages^[a]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

⁵ It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages^[a] and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.

⁴¹ “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,^[a] and the other fifty.