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And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'
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They 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.'
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So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.'
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And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.
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But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.
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And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,
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saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'
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But he answered one of them and said, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
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Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'
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So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."