Matthew 20:5-19
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5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
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6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
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8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
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9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
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10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
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11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
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12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
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13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
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14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
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15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
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17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
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18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
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19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.