Read Matthew 20:1-16
“The
Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the
morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay
them the regular wage, a silver coin a day, and sent them to work in his
vineyard. 3He went out again to the market place at nine o’clock and
saw some men standing there doing nothing, 4so he told them, ‘You
also go and work in the vineyard, and I will pay you a fair wage.’ 5So
they went. Then at twelve o’clock and again at three o’clock he did the same
thing. 6It was nearly five o’clock when he went to the market place
and saw some other men still standing there. ‘Why are you wasting the whole day
here doing nothing?’ he asked them. 7‘No one hired us,’ they
answered. ‘Well, then, you also go and work in the vineyard,’ he told them.
8 “When
evening came, the owner told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their
wages, starting with those who were hired last and ending with those who were
hired first.’ 9The men who had begun to work at five o’clock were
paid a silver coin each. 10So when the men who were the first to be
hired came to be paid, they thought they would get more; but they too were
given a silver coin each. 11They took their money and started
grumbling against the employer. 12‘These men who were hired last
worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘while we put up with a whole day’s work in
the hot sun—yet you paid them the same as you paid us!’
13 “
‘Listen, friend,’ the owner answered one of them, ‘I have not cheated you.
After all, you agreed to do a day’s work for one silver coin. 14Now
take your pay and go home. I want to give this man who was hired last as much
as I have given you. 15Don’t I have the right to do as I wish with
my own money? Or are you jealous because I am generous?’ ”
16 And
Jesus concluded, “So those who are last will be first, and those who are first
will be last.”
Think
Are you jealous because I am
generous? - Vs 15
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