About the eleventh hour he went out, found others standing idle, and
said, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They answered, Because no man
has hired us. He then replied, Go ye also into the vineyard and
whatever is right you shall receive.
When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call
the laborers and give them their pay, beginning from the last unto the
first. When those who were hired about the eleventh hour came, every
man received a coin. But when the first came, supposing they should
receive more, they each also received a coin. When they received it,
they murmured against the good man of the house and said, These last
have worked only an hour and you have made them equal to those of us
who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
He answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong. Did thou
not agree with me for a coin? Take what is thine and go thy way. I will
give to the last the same as I give to thee. Is it not lawful for me to
do what I will with my own coins? Must you see evil in my goodness? So,
the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but
few are chosen.
Then Jesus took the twelve disciples aside and said, We are now going
to Jerusalem where the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests
and scribes. They will condemn Him to death.
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