Matthew 20:1-8 ▼

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

2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

4 He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.'

5 So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing.

6 And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?'

7 They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.'

8 When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'