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Matthew 20:1-16
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For the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto an houssholder which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde.
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And he agreed wt the labourers for a peny a daye and sent them into his vyneyarde.
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And he went out about the thyrde houre and sawe other stonding ydell in the marketplace
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and sayd vnto them go ye also into my vyneyarde: and whatsoever is right I will geve you. And they went there waye.
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Agayne he wet out about the sixte and nynthe houre and dyd lyke wyse.
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And he went out aboute the eleventhe houre and founde other stondynge ydell and sayde vnto them: Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell?
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They sayde vnto hym: because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them: goo ye alsoo into my vyneyarde and whatsoever is right that shall ye receave.
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When even was come the lorde of the vyneyarde sayde vnto hys steward: call the labourers and geve them their hyre beginnyng at ye laste tyll thou come to ye fyrste.
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And they whiche were hyred aboute the eleventhe houre came and receaved every man a peny.
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Then came ye fyrst supposyng yt they shuld receave moare: and they likewyse receaved every man a peny.
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And when they had receaved it they murmured agaynst the good man of the housse
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saying: These laste have wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall vnto vs which have born ye burthe and heet of the daye.
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He answered to one of the sayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddest thou not agre wt me for a peny?
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Take that which is thy duty and go thy waye. I will geve vnto this last as moche as to the.
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Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thyne eye evyll because I am good?
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Soo the laste shalbe fyrste and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be chosen.
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