Matthew 20:2-14

2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.1

3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4And said to them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.

5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did the same.

6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

7They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that shall ye receive.

8So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first.

9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

11And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house,

12Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.2

13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

14Take that which is thine, and go thy way: I will give to this last, even as to thee.