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So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the labourers and give them
their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
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And when those came that
were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a denarius.
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But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more but they likewise received each one a denarius.
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And when they had received
it, they murmured against the husband of the house,
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saying, These last have worked
but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
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But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a denarius?
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Take that which is thine and go, for I desire to give unto this last one, even as unto thee.
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Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
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So the first shall be last, and the last first; for many are called, but few
are chosen.
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And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said unto them,
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Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the princes of the priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death