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For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man ,
the husband of a house ,
who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard .
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And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day ,
he sent them into his vineyard .
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And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace
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and said unto them ,
Go ye also into the vineyard ,
and whatever is right I will give you .
And they went .
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Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise .
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And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and said unto them ,
Why stand ye here all the day idle ?
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They say unto him ,
Because no one has hired us .
He said unto them ,
Go ye also into the vineyard ,
and whatever is right , [
that ]
shall ye receive .
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So when evening was come ,
the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward ,
Call the labourers and give them [
their ]
hire ,
beginning from the last unto the first .
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And when those came that [
were hired ]
about the eleventh hour ,
they received every man a denarius .
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But when the first came ,
they supposed that they should have received more but they likewise received each one a denarius .
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And when they had received [
it ],
they murmured against the husband of the house ,
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saying ,
These last have worked [
but ]
one hour ,
and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day .
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But he answered one of them and said ,
Friend ,
I do thee no wrong ;
didst not thou agree with me for a denarius ?
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Take that which is thine and go ,
for I desire to give unto this last one ,
even as unto thee .
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ?
Is thine eye evil because I am good ?
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So the first shall be last ,
and the last first ;
for many are called ,
but few [
are ]
chosen .