tcent - Matthew:20:1-16

tcent@Matthew:20:1 @ »For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

tcent@Matthew:20:2 @ Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

tcent@Matthew:20:3 @ And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

tcent@Matthew:20:4 @ and to them he said, You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went.

tcent@Matthew:20:5 @ Again he went out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

tcent@Matthew:20:6 @ And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why have you been standing here idle all day?

tcent@Matthew:20:7 @ 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 will receive.

tcent@Matthew:20:8 @ And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.

tcent@Matthew:20:9 @ And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

tcent@Matthew:20:10 @ So when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

tcent@Matthew:20:11 @ And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

tcent@Matthew:20:12 @ 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.

tcent@Matthew:20:13 @ But he answered one of them, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

tcent@Matthew:20:14 @ Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

tcent@Matthew:20:15 @ Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?

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