Matthew 20:1-7

1Jesus said, ‘I will tell you a story to show what the kingdom of heaven is like. There was an important man who had a field where he grew grapes. He went out early in the morning. He wanted to find some people who would work in his field.

2The master agreed with the workers that he would pay them one silver coin for a day's work. Then he sent them to work in the field.

3The master went out again about three hours later. He saw some other men standing in the market place. They had no work to do.

4So the master said to these men, “You also go and work in my field. I will pay you the right amount of money.”

5So the workers went to the master's field and started to work. The master went out again at noon, and he went again three hours after that. Both times he sent men to his field to work.

6Two hours later, at five o'clock, he went out again. He found more men who were standing there. And they had no work to do. The master asked them, “Why are you standing here all day and you are not working?”

7The men said to the master, “Nobody has asked us to work for him.” So the master said to them, “You also go now and work in my field.”