“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
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… is like a master of a house, a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius, a day's wage for a day's work, he sent them for the day into his vineyard. And when the owner went out in the third hour of the day, around 9 a.m., he saw others standing idle in the marketplace. And he said to them, you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right, I will give you. So they went. Again. After going out around the 6th hour and the 9th hour Around noon and 3pm He did the same Then in the 11th hour Around 5pm When he had gone out He found others standing around And he says to them Why do you stand here idle all day? They say to him Because no one hired us He says to them you go also into the vineyard. Now when evening came, the lord of the vineyard says to his foreman, call the workers and give them their wages, starting with the last ones and continuing to the first ones. …
Jesus will address this in Matthew chapter 20. For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now, when he had agreed, someone underlined the word agreed with the laborers. You can say it out loud. You can underline it, whatever. Just notice it. I'm going to draw attention to it later. For a denarius a day. Okay, a denarius a day. He sent them into his vineyard. What was the agreed upon rate? A denarius for a day. Did they agree on it? And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace and said to them, you also go into the vineyard and whatever is right, I'll give you. So they went. Again, he went out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did likewise. And about the 11th hour, he went out and found others standing idle and said to them, Why have you been standing here idle all day? …
… For if God could be sued, the Washington lawyers would have a field day suing God because of what they would call his lack of fairness. Now we're in Matthew chapter 20, verse 1, for the kingdom of heaven. These are the words of Jesus. For the kingdom of heaven is likened to a man, that is, an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, now it's not a penny like our penny, that's a day's wages, he sent them into his venue. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace and said unto them, Go ye also into the venue, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again, he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour, now they were working a twelve-hour day, about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? …