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For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, the husband of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
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And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius 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 whatever is right I will give you. And they went.
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Again he went out about the sixth and 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 say unto him, Because no one has hired us. He said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right,
that shall ye receive.
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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.