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And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the marketplace idle;
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and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
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Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
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And about the eleventh [hour] he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
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They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.
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And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
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And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a shilling.
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And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a shilling.
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And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
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saying, These last have spent [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.