1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.2Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.3And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,4and said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle,[a]and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’7They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’[b] 8“So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give themtheirwages, beginning with the last to the first.’9And when those came whowere hiredabout the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.10But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.11And when they had receivedit,they complained against the landowner,12saying, ‘These lastmenhave workedonlyone hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’13But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14Takewhat isyours and go your way. I wish to give to this last manthe sameas to you.15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”[c]
Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection