The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2He agreed to pay them a denariusA denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer.for the day and sent them into his vineyard.3“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.4He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
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