Matthew 20:1-8

1 For the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto an houssholder which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde.
2 And he agreed wt the labourers for a peny a daye and sent them into his vyneyarde.
3 And he went out about the thyrde houre and sawe other stonding ydell in the marketplace
4 and sayd vnto them go ye also into my vyneyarde: and whatsoever is right I will geve you. And they went there waye.
5 Agayne he wet out about the sixte and nynthe houre and dyd lyke wyse.
6 And he went out aboute the eleventhe houre and founde other stondynge ydell and sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell?
7 They sayde vnto hym: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde and whatsoever is right that shall ye receave.
8 When even was come the lorde of the vyneyarde sayde vnto hys steward: call the labourers and geve them their hyre beginnyng at ye laste tyll thou come to ye fyrste.

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