Matthew 20:1-14

Worrell(i) 1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man who was a householder, who went forth early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard; 2 and, having agreed with the laborers for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 "And, going forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle; 4 and to them he said, 'Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.' And they went away. 5 "Again, going forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour, going forth, he found others standing, and he says to them, 'Why stand ye here all the day idle?' 7 They say to him, 'Because no man hired us.' He says to them, 'Go ye also into the vineyard.' 8 "And, evening having come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, 'Call the laborers, and pay them the wages, beginning from the last to the first.' 9 "And those who were hired about the eleventh hour, coming, received, each, a denary. 10 And the first, coming, supposed that they would receive more; and they also received, each, a denary. 11 And, having received it, they murmured against the householder, 12 saying, 'These last wrought but one hour, and you made them equal with us, who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!' 13 "But he, answering, said to one of them, 'Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denary? 14 Take up your own, and go. But I will to give to the last even as to you: