nsb - Matthew:20:1-16

nsb@Matthew:20:1 @ »The kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

nsb@Matthew:20:2 @ »He made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day. Then he sent them into his vineyard.

nsb@Matthew:20:3 @ »He went out the third hour and saw others in the marketplace doing nothing.«

nsb@Matthew:20:4 @ »He said to them: Go to the vineyard with the others. I will pay you whatever is right. So they went to work.

nsb@Matthew:20:5 @ »He went out the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.

nsb@Matthew:20:6 @ »The eleventh hour, he saw others doing nothing. He asked: Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

nsb@Matthew:20:7 @ »They said: No man has given us work. He told them to go work with the rest in the vineyard.

nsb@Matthew:20:8 @ »When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager: Let the workers come and pay them from the last to the first.

nsb@Matthew:20:9 @ »Those men who went to work at the eleventh hour were each given a penny.

nsb@Matthew:20:10 @ »Those who worked longer, expected to be paid more. They were also given a penny.

nsb@Matthew:20:11 @ »When they got it, they protested against the master of the house.

nsb@Matthew:20:12 @ »They said: The last ones have done only one hours work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

nsb@Matthew:20:13 @ »He told them: I do you no wrong. You made an agreement with me for a penny.

nsb@Matthew:20:14 @ »Take what is yours and leave. I wish to give to the last workers the same as to you.

nsb@Matthew:20:15 @ »Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or is your eye jealous because I am generous?

nsb@Matthew:20:16 @ »So the last will be first, and the first last.«