Show me the coin used for the tax.” So ¹  they brought him a denarius. ² 

“Show me a denarius. ¹  Whose image ²  and inscription are on it?” ³  They said, “Caesar’s.”

When those hired about five o’clock came, each received a full day’s pay. ¹ 

And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ¹  he sent them into his vineyard.

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Then ¹  I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, “A quart ²  of wheat will cost a day’s pay ³  and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But ⁴  do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

And the landowner ¹  replied to one of them, ²  ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage? ³ 

But he saw through their hypocrisy and said ¹  to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius ²  and let me look at it.”