The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard is a parable of Jesus which appears in chapter 20 of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It is not included in the other canonical gospels. It has be
Painting of the parable, by Jacob Willemszoon de Wet, mid-17th century
Painting of the parable by Rembrandt, showing the workers being paid that evening (1637)
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The denarius was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War c. 211 BC to the reign of Gordian III, when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
…the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them…
Denarius of Mark Antony and Octavian, struck at Ephesus in 41 BC. The coin commemorated the two men's defeat of Brutus and Cassius a year earlier as well as celebrating the new Second Triumvirate.
Flavia Domitilla, wife of Vespasian and mother of Titus and Domitian
Quintus Antonius Balbus (c. 83–82 BC)