| 1 \"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner
who went out early in the morning to hire men to
work in his vineyard.
2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day
and sent them into his vineyard.
3 \"About the third hour he went out and saw others
standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
4 He told them, \'You also go and work in my vineyard,
and I will pay you whatever is right.\'
5 So they went.
6 \"He went out again about the sixth hour and the
ninth hour and did the same thing. About the
eleventh hour he went out and found still others
standing around. He asked them, \'Why have you
been standing here all day long doing nothing?\'
7 \" \'Because no one has hired us,\' they answered.
\"He said to them, \'You also go and work in my
vineyard.\'
8 \"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard
said to his foreman, \'Call the workers and pay them
their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and
going on to the first.\'
9 \"The workers who were hired about the eleventh
hour came and each received a denarius.
10 So when those came who were hired first, they
expected to receive more. But each one of them
also received a denarius.
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