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1 [“] For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius (day’s wage) for the day and sent them into his vineyard. 3 About the third hour (about 9 am) he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace (town square) doing nothing. 4 ‘You⁺ also go into my vineyard, he said, ‘and I will pay you⁺ whatever is right. 5 So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour (about noon and again about 3 pm) and did the same thing. 6 About the eleventh hour (about 5 pm) he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you⁺ been standing here all day long doing nothing? he asked. 7 ‘Because no one has hired us, they answered. So he told them, ‘You⁺ also go into my vineyard [and whatever is right, you shall receive.].’ 8 When evening came, the owner {kyrios} of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first. Matthew 20:1-8, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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