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Matthew 20:1-16 — Workers in the Vineyard

Matt.20.1-16

¹For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ²And having agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, ⁴and to them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' ⁵So they went. And going out again about the sixth and ninth hour, he did the same. ⁶And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing , and he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' ⁷They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard .' ⁸When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last up to the first.' ⁹And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. ¹⁰And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; but they themselves also each received a denarius . ¹¹And on receiving it, they grumbled against the master of the house, ¹²saying , 'These last worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' ¹³But he answered one of them and said, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take what is yours and go. But I wish to give to this last man just as also to you. ¹⁵Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' ¹⁶In this way the last will be first, and the first last .

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5/7/2026

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