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Summary
Matthew 20:1–16

20:1. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the master of the household who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

20:2. “After having agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

20:3. “Going out about the third hour after dawn, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

20:4. “He said to them, 'Go into my vineyard too, and I will give you what shall be just.'

'''20:5. “They went their way. He went out again about the sixth and the ninth hour after dawn, and did it in a similar manner.'''

20:6. “But about the eleventh hour after dawn he went out and found others standing idle, and he said to them, 'Why did you stand here idle all day?'

20:7. “They said to him, 'Because no man has hired us.' He said to them, 'Go into my vineyard too.'

20:8. “When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.'

20:9. “Those that came about the eleventh hour after dawn received a denarius.

'''20:10. “But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more. Every man also received a denarius.'''

20:11. “After receiving it, they murmured against the master of the house,

20:12. “saying, 'These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us that have borne the burden of the day and the heat.'

20:13. “But he said to one of them, 'Friend, I do you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

20:14. “'Take what is yours and go your way; I will also give to this last one even as to you.

'''20:15. “'Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Are you envious because I am generous?

What I will. . .Viz., with my own, and in matters that depend on my own bounty.

'''20:16. “So shall the last be first and the first last. For many are called but few chosen.”'''

Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: Workers on the field (down) and pay time (up), Byzantine Gospel of 11th century, BnF, Cod. gr. 74 Ελληνικά: Εργάτες εν ώρα εργασία (κάτω) και πληρωμής (επάνω), βυζαντινό εικονογραφημένο ευαγγέλιο, 11ος αιώνας. Date: 11th century/11ος αιώνας Source: Byzantine gospel. Paris, National Library. Author: Unknown/Άγνωστος Other versions:	Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Εκδοτική Αθηνών. Αθήνα 1980. Τόμος Η', σελ. 202. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.