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And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.
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And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.
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Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
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And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
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Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.
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But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
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Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.
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Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
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So the last will be first, and the first last.
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And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,
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See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,