1 For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

4 And he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.

5 And he went out about [the] sixth and ninth hour and did likewise.

6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?

7 They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you shall receive whatever is right.

8 So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them [their] wage, beginning from the last to the first.

9 And when they [who were hired about] the eleventh hour came, they each one received a denarius.

10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would received more; and they also each one received a denarius.

11 And receiving [it] they murmured against the master of the house,

12 saying, These last have worked [only] one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

13 But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14 Take yours, and go; I will give to this last one the same as to you.

15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?

16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, but few are chosen.