Matthew:20:1-16
rkjnt@Matthew:20:1 @ For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineyard.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:2 @ And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:3 @ And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
rkjnt@Matthew:20:4 @ And said to them; Go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:5 @ Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:6 @ And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing, and said to them, Why are you standing here idle all the day?
rkjnt@Matthew:20:7 @ They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:8 @ So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:9 @ And when those who were hired about the eleventh hour came, every man received a denarius.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:10 @ But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; but each of them likewise received a denarius.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:11 @ And when they had received it, they grumbled against the landowner,
rkjnt@Matthew:20:12 @ Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:13 @ But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not agree with me for a denarius?
rkjnt@Matthew:20:14 @ Take what is yours, and go your way: I wish to give to this last man, just as to you.
rkjnt@Matthew:20:15 @ Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Is your eye envious, because I am good?
rkjnt@Matthew:20:16 @ So the last shall be first, and the first last.
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