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What Does the Bible Say About Penny?

Here are 8 Bible verses about penny, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Matthew 20:2

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

    BSBHe agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

  2. #2Matthew 22:19

    Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

    BSBShow Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

  3. #3Matthew 20:13

    But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

    BSBBut he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

  4. #4Matthew 20:9

    And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

    BSBThe workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.

  5. #5Mark 12:15

    Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

    BSBBut Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

  6. #6Luke 20:24

    Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar’s.

    BSB“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

  7. #7Matthew 18:28

    But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

    BSBBut when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

  8. #8Matthew 20:10

    But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

    BSBSo when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

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