Jesus begins telling his disciples a parable about a man paying his workers.

## For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ##

God rules over everything like a landowner rules over his land. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## the kingdom of heaven is like ##

See how you translated this in [Matthew 13:24](../13/24.md).

## After he had agreed ##

"After the landowner had agreed"

## one denarius ##

"one day's wages" (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalmoney]])