So,
what is Jesus trying to say here in this parable – you tell me in
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Matthew 20
1 "For
the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one
morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 He
agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.
3 "At nine o'clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing.
4 So
he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at
the end of the day.
5 So
they went to work in the vineyard.
At noon and again at three o'clock
he did the same thing.
6 "At
five o'clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more
people standing around.
He asked them, 'Why haven't you
been working today?'
7 "They
replied, 'Because no one hired us.'
"The landowner
told them, 'Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.'
8 "That
evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them,
beginning with the last workers first.
9 When
those hired at five o'clock were paid, each received a full day's
wage.
10 When
those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would
receive more.
But they, too, were paid a day's
wage.
11 When
they received their pay, they protested to the owner,
12 'Those
people worked only one hour,
and yet you've paid them just as
much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.'
13 "He
answered one of them,
'Friend, I haven't been unfair!
Didn't you agree to work all day
for the usual wage?
14 Take
your money and go.
I wanted to pay this last worker
the same as you.
15 Is
it against the law for me to do what I want with my money?
Should you be jealous because I am
kind to others?'
16 "So
those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first
will be last."
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