Matthew 20:8-15 ▼

8 And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last—to the first.

9 And they of about the eleventh hour having come, each received a denarius.

10 And the first having come, supposed that they will receive more, and they received, they also, each a denarius,

11 and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

12 that, These, the last, worked one hour, and you made them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day—and the heat.

13 And he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do no unrighteousness to you; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take that which is yours, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to you;

15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?