Matthew 20:9
And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
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Matthew 20:9
And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
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Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
Matthew 20:2
And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.
Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;
Matthew 20:4
And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.
Matthew 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
Matthew 20:6
And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?
Matthew 20:7
They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.
Matthew 20:8
And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
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Matthew 20:10
Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
Matthew 20:11
And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
Matthew 20:12
Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.
Matthew 20:13
But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
Matthew 20:14
Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.
Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
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