Matthew 20:1-7 ▼

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place;

4 and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).’ And they went.

5 He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing.

6 And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

7 They answered him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard also.’