Discovery BoxMatthew 9:37-38 
Context9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 9:38 Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest 1 to send out 2 workers into his harvest.”
Matthew 20:2
Context20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, 3 he sent them into his vineyard.
1 sn The phrase Lord of the harvest recognizes God’s sovereignty over the harvest process.
2 tn Grk “to thrust out.”
3 tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”
sn The standard wage was a denarius a day. The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer in Palestine in the 1st century.
