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And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
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and said unto them, `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 idle, and said unto them, `Why stand ye here all the day idle?'
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They said unto him, `Because no man hath hired us.' He said unto them, `Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.'
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So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, `Call the laborers and give 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 penny.
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But when the first came, they supposed they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
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And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house,
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saying, `These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'