Matthew 20:1-7 ▼

1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

2 After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 When he went out about nine in the morning , he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

4 To those men he said, ‘You also go to my vineyard, and I’ll give you whatever is right .’ So off they went.

5 About noon and at three , he went out again and did the same thing.

6 Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’

7 “ ‘Because no one hired us ,’ they said to him. “ ‘You also go to my vineyard ,’ he told them.