Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Matthew 20:2
Surrounding context
20:1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
20:2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
20:3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,