Matthew:20:1-16

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* "For the kingdom of heaven is like a certain landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard . * And having agreed with the workers for a denarius a day , he sent them into his vineyard . * And going out about the third hour , he saw others standing idle in the marketplace . * And said to them , 'You also go into the vineyard , and whatever may be right I will give you .' So they went . * Again going out about the sixth and the ninth hour , he did likewise . * And about the eleventh hour , going out he found others standing idle , and said to them , 'Why do you stand here idle all day ?' * "They said to him , 'Because no one has hired us .' He said to them , 'You also go into the vineyard , and whatever is right you shall receive .' * "So when evening came , the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman , 'Call the workers and pay them their wages , beginning with the last to the first .' * "And when those came [who were hired ] about the eleventh hour , they each received a denarius . * But when the first came , they supposed that they would receive more ; and they also received each a denarius . * And when they had received it , they began grumbling against the landowner , * saying , 'These last [men ] have worked only one hour , and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day .' * "But he answered one of them and said , 'Friend , I am not wronging you . Did you not agree with me for a denarius ? * Take what is yours and go . But I want to give to this last [man ] the same as to you . * Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own [things ]? Or is your eye evil because I am good ?' * "Thus the last shall be first , and the first last . For many are called , but few [are ]chosen ."

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