Matthew 20:8-16

8But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay [them] their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

9And when they [who came to work] about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

10And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

11And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

12saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

13But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

14Take what is thine and go. But it is my will to give to this last even as to thee:

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

16Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.